COMMONWEALTH v. GIBBONS, 562 Pa. 608 (2000)

757 A.2d 354

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Decided: July 31, 2000.

Petition Nos. 069-070 Eastern District Allocatur Docket 2000, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of Superior Court.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2000, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted. The parties are ordered to brief the following issues:

(1) Is the Commonwealth permitted to appeal the trial court’s order granting appellants a judgment of acquittal at the close of the Commonwealth’s case-in-chief under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1124(A)(1)?
(2) Whether the court of common pleas and the Superior Court erred by allowing the Commonwealth to appeal from appellants’ acquittal and further err by ordering a new trial after the acquittal?

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