IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 341 WAL 2016
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
JAMAL KNOX, :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal
is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the
remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
[Is t]he question of whether the artistic creation of Petitioner
constitutes protected free speech or a true threat punishable by
criminal sanction . . . of such substantial importance as to require
prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, even if the High Court must decide this question sua
sponte[?]