Commonwealth v. Jordan, G., Pet

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: December 29, 2020
• Docket: 269 WAL 2020 (Granted)
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 269 WAL 2020 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : GREGORY JORDAN, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 29th day of December, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all

remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner is:

Whether the Superior Court panel erred as a matter of law in concluding that inconsistent verdicts are always permissible in consolidated jury/bench trials pursuant to Commonwealth v. Yachymiak, 505 A.2d 1024 (Pa. Super. 1986) and Commonwealth v. Wharton, 594 A.2d 696 (Pa. Super. 1991), particularly where a different panel of the Superior Court reached the exact opposite conclusion in Commonwealth v. Rankin, [235 A.3d 373 (Pa. Super. 2020)]?