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COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Joseph RICO, Respondent

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania1996-03-18No. Petition No. 791 Eastern District Allocation Docket 1995
543 Pa. 481672 A.2d 785

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ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 18th day of March, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, and oral argument is limited to the issue of whether Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), applies where the prosecutor in a case allegedly involving organized crime has exercised peremptory challenges to disqualify prospective jurors of Italian descent.