Commonwealth v. Anderson, G.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 659 MAL 2023 :

Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : :

GEORGE ANDERSON, : :

Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 23rd day of July, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

(1) Whether a defendant’s burden to establish a reasonable expectation of privacy at a suppression hearing requires that defendant to affirmatively present evidence of permission to use the vehicle where the defendant is not the registered owner of [the] vehicle but the Commonwealth’s evidence does not otherwise negate an expectation of privacy?