IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 407 EAL 2016
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
RICHARD BROWN, :
:
Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 1st day of February, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of
Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by Petitioner, is as follows:
Did the Superior Court err by dispensing of the requirement that a defendant
show prejudice to succeed on an ineffectiveness claim where counsel failed to
meet with him?