COMMONWEALTH v. PERSICHINI, 546 Pa. 595 (1997)

687 A.2d 819

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
February 3, 1997.

Petition No. 447 Western District Allocatur Docket 1995, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, 444 Pa. Super. 110, 663 A.2d 699, dated May 2, 1995, at No. 938 PGH 94 affirming the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County’s judgment of sentence, dated April 25, 1994, at 124 Criminal 1992.

ORDER
PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 3rd day of February, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, but LIMITED to the following issues:

1. Whether the trial court properly charged the jury concerning the corpus delicti rule and its proper application to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301(e); and

2. Whether the Commonwealth proved the corpus delicti of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301(e) beyond a reasonable doubt independent of Petitioner’s admissions.

It is also ordered that this matter be submitted on briefs for final decision.

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