IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 128 MM 2022 : Respondent : : : v. : : : REYNALDO MERCADO, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 29th day of March, 2023, the Petition for Leave to File Petition for Allowance of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc is GRANTED. See Pa.R.A.P. 1113(d), Note (indicating that a criminal defendant may obtain reinstatement of his or her allocatur rights when counsel fails to timely file an allocatur petition); see also Pa.R.A.P. 1112 (explaining that an allocatur petition may be taken from a final order of the Superior Court, which includes an order remanding a matter, unless jurisdiction is retained).

Counsel is DIRECTED to file a Petition for Allowance of Appeal within 15 days.