
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard BROWN, Respondent
    No. 407 EAL 2016
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    02/01/2017
   ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 1st day of February, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by Petitioner, is as follows:

Did the Superior Court err by dispensing of the requirement that a defendant show prejudice to succeed on an ineffectiveness claim where counsel failed to meet with him?  