Commonwealth v. McClelland, D. ( 2018 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 252 WAL 2017
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
DONALD J. MCCLELLAND, :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 11th day of January, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal
is GRANTED. The issue, slightly rephrased for clarity, is:
[W]hether the Superior Court panel failed to properly apply and follow the
legal precedent set forth in Commonwealth ex rel. Buchanan v. Verbonitz,
581 A.3d 172, 174-76 (Pa. 1990) in which five (5) Justices held that
“fundamental due process requires that no adjudication be based solely
on hearsay evidence.”