Todd v. Peloso

I would grant the petitioner’s stay and request for certiorari. Apparently, I struck a nerve in writing this dissent since Judges Cooper and Cracraft have belatedly and subsequently decided to write concurrences. I need only say, in response, that both my colleagues simply avoid the primary point of my dissent — that this Court ruled in this appeal without a complete record. As a consequence, the parties’ petition, response and accompanying briefs are replete with affidavits and other hearsay attachments in order to make a record. In sum, both concurrences are based upon rank hearsay…