¶1AND 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?