IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 178 MM 2017 : Respondent : : : v. : : : CHRISTOPHER PATRICK MCGOWAN, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 29th day of December, 2017, the Application for Leave to File

Original Process is GRANTED, and the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED.