Commonwealth v. Doughty, J., Pet , 628 Pa. 5 ( 2014 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 265 MAL 2014
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
: Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
JASON A. DOUGHTY, :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 9th day of October, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issue is:
Whether the [h]olding of this Honorable Supreme Court in Commonwealth
v. Brachbill, [] 555 A.2d 82, 109 (Pa. 1989), should be partially
overturned[] or clarified so that it isn’t in conflict with the plain language
reading of 18 Pa.C.S.[] § 4952 and in conflict with the well[-]recognized
rule of statutory construction that penal statutes must be strictly
construed.