Ex rel Singleton v. Johnson

• Decision Date: 12 December 2007
• Docket Number: No. 396 EAL 2007.,396 EAL 2007.
• Citation: 938 A.2d 982
• Parties: Ex rel John SINGLETON v. Sylvester JOHNSON, Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department, Petition of John Singleton.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

938 A.2d 982

Ex rel John SINGLETON v. Sylvester JOHNSON, Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department, Petition of John Singleton.

No. 396 EAL 2007.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 12, 2007.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court.

Prior Report: Pa.Cmwlth., 929 A.2d 1224.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 12th day of DECEMBER, 2007, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:

Whether the Commonwealth can prevail in a common law forfeiture matter where it did not offer evidence that the items Petitioner sought to have returned were linked to the crimes to which he pled guilty?