IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 97 MM 2015 : Respondent : : : v. : : : PATRICK GENE WILLITS, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 20th day of August, 2015, the Petition for Leave to File Petition for Allowance of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc is GRANTED. Although counsel was negligent in failing to perfect a timely filing, Petitioner is entitled to a counsel-filed Petition for Allowance of Appeal. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 122. Counsel is DIRECTED to file the already- prepared Petition for Allowance of Appeal within 5 days.