Commonwealth v. Elgaafary, A.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 102 MAL 2024 :

Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Unpublished

v. : Memorandum and Order of the : Superior Court at No. 478 EDA 2023 : entered on January 16, 2024, AHMED MOSTAFA ELGAAFARY, : affirming the PCRA Order of the : Chester County Court of Common Petitioner : Pleas at No. CP-15-CR-0003891- : 2018 entered on January 18, 2023

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 13th day of August, 2024, we GRANT the petition for allowance

of appeal, and VACATE the Superior Court’s decision affirming the trial court’s dismissal

of the petitioner’s petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546,

without a hearing. We REMAND to Superior Court with instructions to remand to the trial

court for a hearing on the petitioner’s claim of ineffectiveness regarding plea advice,

pursuant to Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 (2012), and Commonwealth v. Steckley, 128

A.3d 826 (Pa. Super. 2015).