Commonwealth v. Batista

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania November 19, 2003

Commonwealth v. Batista, 576 Pa. 611 (Pa. 2003)

840 A.2d 988; 2003 Pa. LEXIS 2160

Opinion of the Court

*612 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 19th day of November, 2003, the petition for allowance of appeal is granted limited to the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner’s absence. The case is remanded to the PCRA court with direction to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the jury to be selected in Petitioner’s absence.

Jurisdiction is relinquished.

Reference

Full Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Rahadames BATISTA
Status: Published