Commonwealth v. Lancit

OPINION BY DUBOW, J.:

Appellant, Jermaine Lancit, appeals from the order entered July 31, 2014, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, denying his Petition for Writ of Certiorari. After careful review, we agree that the Law of the Case Doctrine barred a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, acting in an appellate capacity, from granting a Writ of Certiorari to overrule another judge of coequal jurisdiction. We therefore affirm.

The trial court stated the relevant facts and procedural history as follows:

On December 18, 2013, the Honorable Felice Stack of the Municipal Court granted a Motion to…