*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?