Commonwealth v. Doughty, J. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 265 MAL 2014 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Superior Court v. : : : JASON A. DOUGHTY, : : Petitioner : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 9th day of October, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is: Whether the [h]olding of this Honorable Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Brachbill, [] 555 A.2d 82, 109 (Pa. 1989), should be partially overturned[] or clarified so that it isn t in conflict with the plain language reading of 18 Pa.C.S.[] § 4952 and in conflict with the well[-]recognized rule of statutory construction that penal statutes must be strictly construed.

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