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

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. : No. 98 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 99 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 100 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 101 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent : : : : : : No. 102 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 103 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 104 MAL 2021 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 105 MAL 2021 : : : [98 MAL 2021, 99 MAL 2021, 100 MAL 2021, 101 MAL 2021, 102 MAL 2021, 103 MAL 2021, 104 MAL 2021 and 105 MAL 2021] - 2 v. JESSE SMOOT, Petitioner : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 8th day of March, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: In this case, where Petitioner was without counsel for three of the four month pretrial period in the Court of Common Pleas, did the Superior Court misapply United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984), when it affirmed the denial of PCRA relief because Petitioner did not identity [sic] a “critical stage” during which Petitioner was without counsel? [98 MAL 2021, 99 MAL 2021, 100 MAL 2021, 101 MAL 2021, 102 MAL 2021, 103 MAL 2021, 104 MAL 2021 and 105 MAL 2021] - 3

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