Commonwealth v. Foster, D. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DARNELL FOSTER, Petitioner : No. 54 EAL 2018 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 25th day of June, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Did not the Superior Court err by ignoring the governing statute and due process protections that permit revocation only for a violation of specified conditions of probation, and by holding that [Petitioner’s] inappropriate offensive social media posting, that violated no condition of probation, warranted revocation?

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