Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1996

Commonwealth v. English

Commonwealth v. English
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided October 31, 1996
684 A.2d 1046; 546 Pa. 314; 1996 Pa. LEXIS 2150 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Commonwealth v. English

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 31st day of October, 1996, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal are GRANTED, but LIMITED to the following issue:

“Whether the Superior Court erred in reversing the decision of the trial court with respect to the granting of a new trial in the “interest of justice” due to the cumulative effect of the expert testimony offered by the Commonwealth and the possibility of a tainted jury.”

In addressing this issue, the parties are instructed to speak to the applicability of Commonwealth v. Powell, 527 Pa. 288, 590 A.2d 1240 (1991) to this case.

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