*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

MIDDLE DISTRICT Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court v.

: : JESSE SMOOT, :

Petitioner

ORDER PER CURIAM

AND NOW , this 8th day of March, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED . The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

In this case, where Petitioner was without counsel for three of the four month pre- trial period in the Court of Common Pleas, did the Superior Court misapply United States v. Cronic , 466 U.S. 648 (1984), when it affirmed the denial of PCRA relief because Petitioner did not identity [sic] a “critical stage” during which Petitioner was without counsel?