Opinion
Argued January 25, 1994.
Decided December 30, 1994.
Appeal No. 53 Middle District Appeal Docket 1988, from the Order of the Superior Court entered December 29, 1987, at No. 228 Harrisburg 1985, 370 Pa. Super. 179, 536 A.2d 354 (1987), Reversing the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County, Criminal Division, Entered on April 15, 1985, at No. 84-10,589, and Remanding for a New Trial.
Paul M. Yatron, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Atty. General's Office.
Brett O. Feese, Williamsport, Marianne E. Cox, Philadelphia, Robert E. Colville, Robert L. Eberhardt, Pittsburgh, for Com.
Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae, Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office.
David M. McGlaughlin, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae, Pa. Ass'n. of Crim. Defense Lawyers.
Dennis C. McAndrews, Media, for amicus curiae, Pa. Dist. Attorney's Ass'n.
Peter T. Campana, Marc F. Lovecchio, Williamsport, for P.R. Schaeffer.
Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.
ORDER
The Court being equally divided, the order of the Superior Court is affirmed.
MONTEMURO, J., did not participate in the decision of these cases.
NIX, C.J., and PAPADAKOS and CASTILLE, JJ., dissent and would reverse the Order of the Superior Court.