*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 341 WAL 2016

: Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. :

: : JAMAL KNOX, :

: Petitioner : ORDER PER CURIAM

AND NOW , this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED , LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

[Is t]he question of whether the artistic creation of Petitioner constitutes protected free speech or a true threat punishable by criminal sanction . . . of such substantial importance as to require prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, even if the High Court must decide this question sua sponte [?]