IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 239 EAL 2017 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : FRANK ADAMS, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as phrased by Petitioner, is:

Was it not error for the Superior Court automatically to dismiss petitioner’s appeal without a merits review when this Court’s consistent jurisprudence allows exceptions to a forfeiture determination and petitioner’s circumstances track those exceptions?