*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 239 EAL 2017
: Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. :
: : FRANK ADAMS, :
: Petitioner :
ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW , this 20th day of November, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED . The issue, as phrased by Petitioner, is:
Was it not error for the Superior Court automatically to dismiss petitioner’s appeal without a merits review when this Court’s consistent jurisprudence allows exceptions to a forfeiture determination and petitioner’s circumstances track those exceptions?