
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Michael NORTON, Petitioner
    No. 262 MAL 2017
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    September 19, 2017
   ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 19th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue presented by Petitioner and rephrased for clarity is:

Whether a defendant’s assertion of innocence based on the sufficiency of the evidence and his inability to reconcile entering a plea when he maintained his innocence well before the time of his sentencing and when the Commonwealth made no argument of prejudice, is sufficient to establish a fair and just reason for withdrawing his plea of nolo conten-dere?  