M.D. Appeal Dkt.
53 2017
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 262 MAL 2017
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
MICHAEL NORTON, :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 19th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of
Appeal is GRANTED. The issue presented by Petitioner and rephrased for clarity is:
Whether a defendant’s assertion of innocence based on the sufficiency
of the evidence and his inability to reconcile entering a plea when he
maintained his innocence well before the time of his sentencing and
when the Commonwealth made no argument of prejudice, is sufficient to
establish a fair and just reason for withdrawing his plea of nolo
contendere?