835 A.2d 1273

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. ROBERT WHARTON, Appellant.

[J-174-2003].Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District.
November 19, 2003.

No. 405 CAP, Appeal from the February 11, 2003, Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Trial Division, Criminal Section, at Information Numbers 2258, February Term 1984, and 2643 and 0402, May Term 1984, dismissing Defendant’s second Petition under the Post-Conviction Relief Act.

Prior report: 530 Pa. 127, 607 A.2d 710.

Page 167

Robert Wharton, Appellant, pro se.

Hugh J. Burns, Phialdelphia, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, for Com., Appellee.

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

ORDER
PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 19th day of November, 2003, the trial court’s order of March 13, 2003 is VACATED. A post-conviction relief act petition may not be dismissed on the basis that litigation is pending in federal court See Commonwealth v. Whitney, 817 A.2d 473 (Pa. 2003). This matter isREMANDED to the trial court. Jurisdiction is relinquished.

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