Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2020

Commonwealth v. Howard, W.

Commonwealth v. Howard, W.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided May 11, 2020

Commonwealth v. Howard, W.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 450 WAL 2019 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : WAYLYNN MARIE HOWARD, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 11th day of May, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Was the evidence insufficient to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that [Petitioner] knowingly endangered the welfare of her daughter when she put her in the backseat of a car-for-hire without a seatbelt or restraint system, and there was no indicia that the driver was driving unsafely?

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