Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2003

Commonwealth v. Batista

Commonwealth v. Batista
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 19, 2003
576 Pa. 611; 840 A.2d 988; 2003 Pa. LEXIS 2160

Commonwealth v. Batista

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.

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