Commonwealth v. Edwards

• Decision Date: 26 January 2021
• Docket Number: No. 308 EAL 2020,308 EAL 2020
• Citation: 244 A.3d 815 (Table)
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Derrick EDWARDS, Petitioner
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

244 A.3d 815 (Table)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Derrick EDWARDS, Petitioner

No. 308 EAL 2020

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 26, 2021

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 26th day of January, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

(1) Does the reasoning and rationale contained within this Honorable Court's recent decision (May 19, 2020) in Commonwealth v. [ ] Johnson, [231 A.3d 807 (Pa. 2020)], apply to a Batson violation, thereby precluding a retrial based upon double jeopardy principles?