JACOBS v. HEVENER (Pa. 6-4-1999)

740 A.2d 1137

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 4, 1999.

Petition No. 380 E.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1998, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order and Opinion of the Superior Court.

J. Craig Currie, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

ORDER
PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 4th day of June 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the question of whether the trial court properly allowed, over objection, respondent’s counsel to make a “missing witness argument” during his closing argument. The order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and this matter is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this Court’s decision in Bennett v. Sakel 555 Pa. 560, 725 A.2d 1195 (1999).