IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 197 WAL 2023 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : VINCENT SMITH, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

AND NOW, this 5th day of June, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Did the en banc panel erroneously hold that the unit of prosecution for the offense of arson endangering persons, 18 Pa. C.S. § 3301(a)(1)(i), is not each arson, but, rather, each endangered person, a question of first impression and substantial public importance that will impact myriad arson prosecutions throughout the Commonwealth going forward?

Justice McCaffery did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.