IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 47 MAL 2023 : Petitioner : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : RASHAAN LONDALE GREER, : : Respondent :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 29th day of August, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Whether a [c]ourt on appeal should rule on the merits of an existing appeal of a PCRA [court order] before remanding a case where a [PCRA petitioner] raised new/additional layered claims of PCRA counsel’s ineffectiveness pursuant to Commonwealth v. Bradley, [261 A.3d 381 (Pa. 2021)] for the first time before the appellate court, where there were issues of merit that could have been disposed of prior to remand for new issues.