Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2017

Commonwealth v. Knox, J.

Commonwealth v. Knox, J.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided January 23, 2017 · Per Curiam
165 A.3d 887; 2017 WL 281876; 2017 Pa. LEXIS 157 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Commonwealth v. Knox, J.

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

[Is t]he question of whether the artistic creation of Petitioner constitutes protected free speech or a true threat punishable by criminal sanction ... of such substantial importance as to require prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, even if the High Court must decide this question sua sponteP.]

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