COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. CARLOS PEREZ, Respondent
No. 550 EAL 2019
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
March 2, 2020
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 2nd day of March, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:
Did the Superior Court misapply the standard for the evidentiary sufficiency of the Commonwealth‘s prima facie case, as set forth by this Court in Commonwealth v. Karetny, 880 A.2d 505, 528 (Pa. 2005) and Commonwealth v. Huggins, 836 A.2d 862, 866 (Pa. 2003), effectively ruling that inferences may be drawn from the evidence in favor of defendant[s] at the preliminary hearing stage of a criminal proceeding and raising the burden of proof borne by the Commonwealth?