Commonwealth v. Atkinson, Pet (Summary Disposition)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : : Respondent : : : v. : : : JAQUIL ATKINSON, : : Petitioner : No. 1070 MAL 2007 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered November 21, 2007 at No. 57 MDM 2007, denying the Order of the Court of Common Pleas entered September 7, 2007 at CP-40CR-0000780-2005 ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: July 11, 2008 AND NOW, this 11th day of July 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. This matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court to address the following issue: Whether the trial court erred in finding that testimony of a prosecution witness and his identification of Petitioner at a suppression hearing via videoconferencing equipment was not prejudicial to Petitioner s right to confrontation and was thus constitutional?

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