Commonwealth v. Childs, W.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 605 EAL 2014 : Petitioner : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Superior Court v. : : : WILLIAM CHILDS, : : Respondent : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 13th day of May, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is: Did Superior Court err by overturning a murder conviction on the ground that — contrary to the plain terms of the Statutory Construction Act — the trial judge should not have applied the law in effect at the time of the homicide?