*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?