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?