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COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Phillip J. PERSICHINI, Jr., Petitioner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania1997-02-03
546 Pa. 595687 A.2d 819

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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.