HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest court said Tuesday it will rule on the legality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s month-old death penalty moratorium.

The Supreme Court granted a request by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to review the governor’s policy, but declined to put the matter on fast track.

In a brief order, the justices said they want to hear argument about whether they should have taken up the matter at all, along with briefs that lay out the legal issues in the underlying dispute.

The case centers on a reprieve issued by Wolf to Terrance Williams, on death row for the fatal tire-iron beating of a man in Philadelphia in 1984.