Commonwealth v. Burnside

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 14, 2006

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2006-09-14

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Decided 2006-09-14

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Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably Liggon-Redding v. Estate of Sugarman (2011), In re T.S. (2018)

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND NOW, this 14th day of September 2006, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted limited to the following issues:

¶3Whether this honorable Court should grant the within Petition for Allowance of Appeal to review the Majority’s Panel of the Superior Court’s decision incorrectly interpreting 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301 (Arson), in a case of first impression, where [Petitioner] was unlawfully convicted of setting a person on fire.

¶4Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.