*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 407 EAL 2016
: Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. :
: : RICHARD BROWN, :
: Respondent :
ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW , this 1 st 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?