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COM. v. THOMAS

520 Pa. 206 (1989)

553 A.2d 918

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. David Lee THOMAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Lewis, Dist. Atty., Katherene E. Holtzinger-Conner, Deputy Dist. Atty., Todd B. Narvol, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Judith A. Calkin, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

We granted the Commonwealth's petition for allowance of appeal to consider the propriety of Superior Court's order remanding a matter for an evidentiary hearing under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9541 et seq., on the denial of allocution at sentencing. To fully understand the posture of this issue, it is necessary to briefly review the procedural history of this matter.

Appellee, David...

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