Commonwealth v. Jordan, G. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. GREGORY JORDAN, Petitioner : No. 269 WAL 2020 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 29th day of December, 2020, 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: Whether the Superior Court panel erred as a matter of law in concluding that inconsistent verdicts are always permissible in consolidated jury/bench trials pursuant to Commonwealth v. Yachymiak, 505 A.2d 1024 (Pa. Super. 1986) and Commonwealth v. Wharton, 594 A.2d 696 (Pa. Super. 1991), particularly where a different panel of the Superior Court reached the exact opposite conclusion in Commonwealth v. Rankin, [235 A.3d 373 (Pa. Super. 2020)]?

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