Commonwealth v. Boyer

Full title: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JAY MICHAEL BOYER, Petitioner

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District

Date published: Feb 1, 2005

868 A.2d 450 (Pa. 2005)

582 Pa. 661

Opinion

February 1, 2005.

No. 822 MAL 2004, Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, 1^st day of February 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED to address the following issues:

Whether the U.S. Constitution requires issuance of a cautionary instruction when evidence of a co-conspirator's guilty lea is introduced at trial; and

If the answer to the first question is yes, whether the absence of such an instruction in this case was harmless error.