COM. v. KONTAXES


880 A.2d 591 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Gregory Steven KONTAXES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Vernon, Esq., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey William Whiteko, Esq., for Gregory Steven Kontaxes.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

We granted allocatur in this case to review the Superior Court's holding that the trial court erred in refusing Appellee's plea of guilty but mentally ill on the basis that it was unable to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that Appellee was sane at the time of the offense. For the reasons which follow, however, we do not reach this issue and instead vacate the order of the Superior...

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