Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2008

Commonwealth v. Weigle

Commonwealth v. Weigle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 17, 2008
600 Pa. 100; 963 A.2d 903; 2008 Pa. LEXIS 2302

Commonwealth v. Weigle

Opinion of the Court

*101 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 17th day of December 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by the Commonwealth, is:

Whether the Superior Court erred in holding that robbery and retail theft are not cognate offenses, and that, consequently, where only retail theft and assault have been alleged, the Commonwealth cannot add a robbery charge?

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