Commonwealth v. Morris

771 A.2d 721 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

Kelvin X. MORRIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 3, 2000.

Decided April 20, 2001.

Hugh Burns, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth

Billy H. Nolas, Philadelphia, for Kelvin X. Morris.

Before: FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the trial court granting appellee's motion for a stay of execution. We granted review of this matter in order to determine whether the trial court had jurisdiction to enter the stay and to set forth…