Commonwealth v. McClelland, D.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 252 WAL 2017 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : DONALD J. MCCLELLAND, : : Petitioner : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 11th day of January, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, slightly rephrased for clarity, is: [W]hether the Superior Court panel failed to properly apply and follow the legal precedent set forth in Commonwealth ex rel. Buchanan v. Verbonitz, 581 A.3d 172, 174-76 (Pa. 1990) in which five (5) Justices held that “fundamental due process requires that no adjudication be based solely on hearsay evidence.”