IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 160 WAL 2017
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
ROBERT PETER GILL, JR., :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 20th day of December, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, LIMITED TO Petitioner’s first issue, as stated by Petitioner:
Whether absent of finding the Court of Common Pleas acted with manifest
unreasonableness, partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill-will, the Superior Court
of Pennsylvania erred in finding evidence of another burglary committed
against the same victim, at the same location, also without the use of
forcible entry, and also utilizing the same key to unlock the same lock box
containing the same alleged amount of money taken from the same victim
(3) years after the instant alleged burglary is not relevant to the defense of
the crime for which Petitioner is charged and tends to prove a common
scheme, plan, or design rendering the evidence admissible as evidence of
similar crimes, behaviors, and/or acts[.]
The Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED in all other respects.