
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. David BRUDER, a/k/a David Edward Bruder, Petitioner.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Sept. 9, 1998.
   PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 9th day of September, 1998 we GRANT the Petition for Allowance of Appeal limited to the following issue:

DID THE SUPERIOR COURT ERR IN AFFIRMING THE DENIAL OF POST CONVICTION RELIEF WITHOUT A HEARING, WHERE PLEA COUNSEL DID NOT FILE A DIRECT APPEAL ON PETITIONER’S BEHALF DESPITE PETITIONER’S ALLEGED REQUEST TO DO SO, THUS IMPLICATING PETITIONER’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A DIRECT APPEAL?  