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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

MIDDLE DISTRICT

IN RE: THE THIRTY-FIFTH STATEWIDE

INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY

PETITION OF: JOSHUA MORROW

:

::::

No. 18 MM 2015

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 26th day of August, 2015, upon the request of the supervising

judge for removal of the seal from all matters involving the 35th

Statewide Investigating

Grand Jury and the investigation of Attorney General Kathleen Kane which have been

lodged in this Court, save for grand jury materials such as testimony, exhibits, and in

camera proceedings, and based on the supervising judge’s assurance that there are no

present grand jury secrecy concerns relative to such unsealing, it is hereby ORDERED

that the seal is lifted, in part, upon such terms.


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THE SUPREME

COURTOFPENNSYLVANIA

PETITION FORREVIEW

F i l e d

n

S u p r e m e

o u r

JAN

2

2

0 1 5

PETITION FOR

REVIEW

OFORDEROFCONTEMPT

AND

ORDER

OVERRULINGTHE

ETITIONER'S INVOCATION

OF

THE

IFTH

AMENDMENT

BEFORETHE

INVESTIGATING

GRAND

JURY

M i s c .

D k t

I n

r e

The

h i r t y - F i f t h S t a t e w i d e

I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand Jury

( P e t i t i o n

of

oshua Morrow)

Supreme Court

of ennsylvania

No.

176 M.D. Misc . Dkt.

2012

Montgomery County Common

l e a s

M.D.

644-2012

SEALED

P e t i t i o n f o r Review of

Contempt

Order

and Order Ov6rneng

t h e P e t i t i o n e r ' s I n v o c a t i o n of

h e

F i f t h

Amendment

efore h e

I n v e s t i g a t i n g

Grand Jury

C a t h e r i n e

M.

ecker

Attorney ID No.

6813

Welsh ecker,P.C.

S u i t e

2903

2000

Market t r e e t

P h i l a d e l p h i a , PA

9103

[email protected]

215-972-6430

Counsel

o r

Joshua

Morrow

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I n

S u p r e m e

C o u r t

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0 1 5

O d l e

a 2 0 1 5

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J A N

2

0 1 5

SUPREMECOURT

EASTERN

DISTRICT

UNSEALED PER

ORDER OF THECOURT DATED

AUGUST 26, 20


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TABLEOF CONTENTS

Table

of i t a t i o n s

n t r o d u c t i o n

1

The

a r t y Seeking

Review

1

J u r i s d i c t i o n

1

The Court

Below

The Orders

o

b e

Reviewed

2

Statement

of

b j e c t i o n s

t o

t h e Orders

Below . . 3

The e l i e f

Sought

3

E x h i b i t s

Enclosure

e t t e r of illiam

R.

a r p e n t e r , S u p e r v i s i n g Judge,

35

t h

S t a t e w i d e


Grand

J u r y , t o Chief u s t i c e

C a s t i l l e r e g a r d i n g

Order

Appointing

p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r ,

May

9,

014

x h i b i t lA

35

t h

S t a t e w i d e


Grand

Jury

Subpoena

o r Testimony,

No.

1639, December 3, 013 E x h i b i t

1B

D i s c l o s u r e

Order, e a l i n g Order, and T r a n s c r i p t of anuary

12,2015

Order . . E x h i b i t

1C

35

t h

S t a t e w i d e


Grand Jury Presentment No.60

E x h i b i t

1D

Order Accepting Presentment No. 0,

y

William R. a r p e n t e r ,

S u p e r v i s i n g Judge, 35 t h S t a t e w i d e


Grand Jury

E x h i b i t

l E

Opinion

of

illiam

R. a r p e n t e r ,

S u p e r v i s i n g Judge,

35t h S t a t e w i d e


Grand J u r y , December

30,

2014

E x h i b i t 1F

P h i l a d e l p h i a

I n q u i r e r A r t i c l e ,

January 8,

015,

Grand

Jury

Recommends

Criminal

Charges

Against

Kane

x h i b i t

1G

B r i e f i n Support of

e t i t i o n f o r Review

of

ontempt

Order and Order

O v e r r u l i n g

t h e

P e t i t i o n e r ' s

I n v o c a t i o n

of h e

F i f t h

Amendment

efore

t h e I n v e s t i g a t i n g

Grand

J u r y

E x h i b i t 2


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TABLEOF

CITATIONS

Cases

Ben .

Schwartz,

56

Pa. 75,

29

A.2d

547

1999)

2

Commonwealth . Harris,32

A.3d 243 2011)

2

S t a t u t e s

Pa. R.A.P.313

Pa. R.A.P.

313(a)

2

Pa. R.A.P. 341

2

Pa. R.A.P. 1512

1

Pa.

R.A.P.

1512(b)(3)

2

Pa. R.A.P.

331(a)(3) 1

i


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IN

THE

SUPREMECOURT

OFPENNSYLVANIA

In e The h i r t y - F i f t h

Statewide


Grand Jur y

( P e t i t i o n

of

oshua

Morrow)

Supreme

Court

ofPennsylvania

No. 76

M.D. isc. Dkt. 012

Montgomery C o u n t y

Common leas

M.D. 644-2012

P e t i t i o n

for Review

of

Contempt

Order and Order

Overruling

the

e t i t i o n e r ' s

Invocation

of

h e

F i f t h Amendment efore

the

I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand Jury

PETITIONFOR

REVIEW

OF CONTEMPT ORDER AND ORDER

OVERRULINGTHE

PETITIONER S

INVOCATION

OF THEFIFTH

AMENDMENT

BEFORE

THE NVESTIGATINGGRANDJURY

I .

INTRODUCTION

1 .

This

s a

e t i t i o n f o r

Revi ew by

grand

u r y w i t n e s s Joshua

Morrow from

a i n a l

contempt r d e r

e n t e r e d on a n u a r y 1 2 , 2015

b y

h e Court of

Montgomery County Court of

Common l e a s

( C a r p e n t e r , . . The lower o u r t

found

e t i t i o n e r

i n

c i v i l contempt

o l d i n g

t h a t

he

o u l d

n o t

invoke

i s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s

under

h e

F i f t h

Amendment

i g h t s

i n r e s p o n s e

t o

c e r t a i n

q u e s t i o n s

posed

o

him

b e f o r e t h e

grand

u r y .

This

e t i t i o n

f o r

Review

s

f i l e d

under

P e n n s y l v a n i a

Rule

of p p e l l a t e

Procedure 3 3 1 ( a ) ( 3 ) ,

i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e p r o v i s i o n s of

Rule

1 5 1 2 .

I I . THE

PARTY

SEEKING

REVIEW

2 .

The a r t y s e e k i n g review

s

Joshua

Morrow,

i t n e s s b e f o r e t h e

i n v e s t i g a t i n g

g r a n d

j u r y

f o r

Montgomery

County.

I I I .

JURISDICTION

3 .

This

s

a

e t i t i o n f o r review of n

r d e r f i n d i n g

t h e p e t i t i o n e r

i n

contempt

of o u r t

f o r

h a v i n g

r e s p e c t f u l l y

r e f u s e d t o

comply w i t h

an

r d e r

e n t e r e d on

h e

b a s i s

of h e

lower o u r t ' s

R e c e I v e d

I n

Supreme

o u r t

JAN

3

0

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f i n d i n g t h a t

t h e p e t i t i o n e r m a y o t

invoke i s

r i g h t s under

h e

F i f t h

Amendment o t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s

C o n s t i t u t i o n . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e

o r d e r i n t h e c o u r t

below

s f i n a l

under Pa. R.A.P. 341.

4 .

Moreover and

n t h e

a l t e r n a t i v e ,

o r d e r s

o v e r r u l i n g

c l a i m s

of r i v i l e g e and

r e q u i r i n g d i s c l o s u r e

a r e

immediately a p p e a l a b l e

under Pa. R.A.P. 313.

Commonwealth

.

H a r r i s , 32 A.3d

243, 51 (2011) r e a f f i r m i n g Ben

.

Schwartz,

56 Pa. 75, 29

A.2d

547

( 1 9 9 9 ) ) . P e n n s y l v a n i a Rule of p p e l l a t e

Procedure

313(a) r o v i d e s t h a t [ a ] n a p p e a l m a y be

t a k e n

a s

of

i g h t

from

a

o l l a t e r a l

o r d e r of

a] ower o u r t .

5 . This

e t i t i o n

f o r Review s

t i m e l y a s i t i s f i l e d

w i t h i n

t e n

days

of h e

lower o u r t ' s

contempt r d e r and

r d e r

t h a t

t h e

p e t i t i o n e r

m a y o t invoke i s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s

under

h e

F i f t h Amendment n r e s p o n s e t o c e r t a i n q u e s t i o n s p u t t o

him b e f o r e t h e grand u r y . Both r d e r s

were

n t e r e d on a n u a r y 1 2 , 2015.

See Pa.

R.A.P. 5 1 2 ( b ) ( 3 )

r e q u i r i n g

t h e

f i l i n g of e t i t i o n

f o r r e v i e w

w i t h i n t e n

days

of h e e n t r y of

r a n d

j u r y o r d e r ) .

6 .

A c c o r d i n g l y , t h i s Court has u r i s d i c t i o n over h i s a p p e a l .

IV.

THE

COURT

BELOW

7 . The

o u r t below s t h e Honorable William R.

a r p e n t e r

of

h e Montgomery

County

Court

ofCommon l e a s .

V.

THEORDERSTO

BE

REVIEWED

8 .

The r d e r s sought o be

reviewed

a r e

an

r d e r of

a n u a r y

1 2 , 2015, i n d i n g t h e

p e t i t i o n e r i n c i v i l

contempt

o r r e f u s i n g t o

comply w i t h t h e lower o u r t ' s o r d e r t h a t he e s t i f y ,

and

h e

lower

o u r t ' s o r d e r t h a t he

m a y

not

nvoke

i s

c o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s

under h e

F i f t h

Amendment n

r e s p o n s e

t o

c e r t a i n q u e s t i o n s p u t

t o

him

b e f o r e t h e grand u r y .

I n s u p p o r t h e r e t o ,

a t t a c h e d and

n c o r p o r a t e d h e r e i n i s

E x h i b i t

1 t o

t h e

P e t i t i o n .

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VI. STATEMENTOFOBJECTIONSTO

THEORDERSBELOW

9 .

P e t i t i o n e r

o b j e c t s t o

t h e

o r d e r s of h e lower o u r t on h e ground h a t

t h e

lower

c o u r t e r r e d i n r u l i n g

t h a t

t h e

p e t i t i o n e r m a y o t

r e l y

upon i s

F i f t h

Amendment

i g h t s i n r e f u s i n g

t o answer

u e s t i o n s

b e f o r e

t h e

grand

u r y .

VII.

THE

RELIEF

SOUGHT

1 0 .

P e t i t i o n e r

a s k s t h i s Court

o h o l d

t h a t t h e

F i f t h Amendment r o v i d e d j u s t c a u s e

f o r h i s r e f u s a l t o

answer

e r t a i n q u e s t i o n s i n t h e grand u r y and

e q u e s t s

an

r d e r r e v e r s i n g

t h e

f i n d i n g of i v i l contempt. A r i e f

i n

Support

of h i s

P e t i t i o n

i s a t t a c h e d a s

E x h i b i t

2 t o t h e

P e t i t i o n .

D a t e :

J a n u a r y

22,

2015

R e s p e c t f u l l y

Submitted,

C a t h e r i n e

M. ec

r

A t t o r n e y

ID No. 6813

Welsh

ecker, P.C.

S u i t e 2903

2000 Market

t r e e t

P h i l a d e l p h i a ,PA 9103

[email protected]

215-972-6430

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DECEMBER 0,

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FACTUAL

AND

PROCEDURAL

HISTORY

On May 9,

2014, h i s Court n i t s

c a p a c i t y

as

Supervising J ud g e o f the

T h i r t y -

F i f t h Statewide


Grand J u r y ,

found

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o n h a t date t h i s Court

appointed Thomas

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Esquire as

Special

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S p e c i f i c a l l y , the

May

9, 2014

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an i n

camera

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The

appointment o f a S p e c i a l

Prosecutor was p r o p e r .

A t t o r n e y General

Kathleen K a n e has

i l e d

a Quo

Warranto c t i o n ,

c h a l l e n g i n g

my

c t i o n as

he

S u p e r v i s i n g Judge

o f t h e

T h i r t y - F i f t h Statewide

Grand J u r y ,

t o a p p o i n t a

S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r by w a y o f an Order

dated

May

9,

2014,On

h a t

d a t e , S p e c i a l Prosecutor

Thomas

E.

a r l u c c i o

was appointed

t o

conduct an i n v e s t i g a t i o n

i n t o


t h a t

s t a t e w i d e

Grand J u r y

secrecy

m i g h t have

b e e n

compromised, f t e r a

p r e l i m i n a r y

i n v e s t i g a t i o n . My

c t i o n

i n

a p p o i n t i n g

S p e c i a l Prosecutor

C a r l u c c i o

was

p r o p e r .

t

d i d n o t exce ed my

u t h o r i t y .

My

u t h o r i t y f o r t h e

appointment o f

a

p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r

i s

based

u p o n

t h e

case

o f I n r e Dauphin

County

F o u r t h I n v e s t i c i a t i n q

Grand J u r y ,

610

Pa. 296, 19 A.3d 491

(2014).

h i s

case d e a l t

w i t h t h e appointment o f an

s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r

i n c o n n e c t i o n

w i t h

a l l e g e d

grand u r y

l e a k s , and

t h e

Court

t a t e d

t h a t ,

[ w ] h e n t h e r e

a r e

c o l o r a b l e


o r

i n d i c a t i o n s

t h a t t h e

s a n c t i t y

o f t h e

grand

u r y

process

has bee n

breached

and

those


warrant

i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,

t h e

appointment f a p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r t o conduct such

an

i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s

a p p r o p r i a t e . And,

v e n wh ere

t h e

i n v e s t i g a t i o n S

o f s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r s do n o t

l e a d t o

p r o s e c u t a b l e

breaches o f secrecy, hey may p r o v i d e

i n s i g h t i n t o t h e o f t e n - c o m p e t i n g v a l u e s

a t

s t a k e ,

as

e l l as

guidance and

c o n t e x t

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and

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f u t u r e

proceedings may

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examples.

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504.

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grand j u r y

p r o c e s s

and

emphasized t h e

M h e e r y

p o w e r o f t h e

grand u r y , and the

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which t

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f o r

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s u p e r v i s i n g t h e

proceedings

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We

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cognizant

h a t the u b s t a n t i a l

po wers exercised by

i n v e s t i g a t i n g grand

u r i e s ,

as weH as the

secrecy

i n wh ich the

proceedings are conducted,

y i e l d (

]

he

p o t e n t i a l

f o r

abuses. Th e

safeguards a g a i n s t

such

abuses

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r e f l e c t e d

i n the

t a t u t o r y

s c h e m e

f r e g u l a t i o n , wh ich

recognizes

the

e s s e n t i a l

r o l e

o f the

j u d i c i a r y

i n

s u p e r v i s i n g

grand u r y

f u n c t i o n s .

I d .

a t

503 — 504

c i t i n g

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Twenty-Fourth

Statewide

I n v e s t i o a t i n o

Grand J u r y , 589 Pa.

89, 907

A.2d

505, 512

2006).

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Pennsylvania's

grand

u r y

process

s

' s t r i c t l y

r e g u l a t e d , an d

the s u p e r v i s i n g

judge has

the

i n g u l a r r o l e

i n m a i n t a i n i n g the

c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y o f grand

u r y

proceedings.

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u p e r v i s i n g

judge

has

the c o n t i n u i n g

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o

o vers ee

grand

u r y

proceedings,

a

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

which

i n c l u d e s

i n s u r i n g the

sol emn

oath

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secrecy

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observed by l l

p a r t i c i p a n t s .

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a t

504

c i t a t i o n s and

i n t e r n a l

q u o t a t i o n marks m i t t e d ) .

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r e

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Court

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cases

h a t i n v o l v e d the appointment

o f

a

p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r

w h e n

t h e r e

w e r e

a l l e g a t i o n s o f grand

u r y

l e a k s . T h e Court i r s t

c i t e d

t o

a

Lackawanna

Common

leas

Court

case,

n

re

County


Grand Jury I I I (Lack. Com

P l .

2 0 0 5 ) .

I n

the

Lackawanna

Common

Pleas Court

case

h e r e

w e r e


made,

i n c l u d i n g ,

t h a t

e - r n a i l

communication s had b e e n

e x c h a n g ed

b e t w e e n

the Lackawanna i s t r i c t

A t t o r n e y ' s O f f i c e

and

a

n e ws pa p e r e p o r t e r

t h a t

d i v u l g e d

grand

u r y

i n f o r m a t i o n ,

t h a t

a grand

j u r y

w i t n e s s had

b e e n

contacted by the r e p o r t e r a h o r t time a f t e r the witness

appeared

b e f o r e

t h e

grand

u r y and

was

questioned about p r i v a t e matters

t h a t had b e e n

disclosed o n l y t o

t h e

grand

u r y . I n

r e Daup h i n

Coun ty , 19

A.3d a t

504. A

r e l i m i n a r y

review by

the common

l e a s

c o u r t

judge

v e r i f i e d

o n l y

the

existence

o f

the

emails

t h a t

w e r e e xc ha n g ed b e t w e e n

the

r e p o r t e r

and

a

member f t h e

D i s t r i c t

A t t o r n e y ' s

o f f i c e

d u r i n g

the

time

the

grand

u r y

was conducting

t h e

r e l e v a n t i n v e s t i g a t i o n . I t was ased

u p o n

t h i s

review t h a t

the common leas c o u r t

judge

a p p o i n t e d a p e c i a l prosecutor o i n v e s t i g a t e

the a l l e g a t i o n s

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r e

Dauphin

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example

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a

p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r i n connection

w i t h

a l l e g e d grand u r y leaks and t h e

complex

i n t e r e s t

and

values

m p l i c a t e d

i n

an

appointment

f

an

p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r .

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Court

c i t e d

t o

C a s t e l l a n i

v . Scranton

Times,

598

Pa.

283, 956

A.2d

937

2008). n

C a s t e l l a n i ,

t h e


judge

a p p o i n t e d

a

p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r

t o

i n v e s t i g a t e

a l l e g a t i o n s o f

grand u r y l e a k s

i n

c o n n e c t i o n

w i t h a t a t e w i d e

i n v e s t i g a t i n g grand u r y

tasked

w i t h i n v e s t i g a t i n g


o f

abuse o f

t h e

county

p r i s o n e r s by

t h e

p r i s o n

guards.

n

r e Dauphin

Coun ty ,

19

A.3d a t 506.

Not o n l y i s t h e r e s t r o n g

precedent

h a t

p e r m i t s

a

u p e r v i s i n g

judge

o a p p o i n t a

s p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r w h e n t h e r e a r e


o f

grand u r y l e a k s ; b u t

a l s o ,

a t the

t i m e

I

a p p o i n t e d

t h e

S p e c i a l

Prosecutor on May 29,

2014,

by wa y

o f a c o u r t

o r d e r , which

w as

d e l i v e r e d

t o

C h i e f

J u s t i c e Ronald D.

a s t i l l e ,

wrote a

e t t e r t o

C h i e f J u s t i c e C a s t i l l e . I n t h a t

l e t t e r ,

e x p l a i n e d

what

had

done and

ended

t h e

l e t t e r

w i t h

t h e

f o l l o w i n g

language, Please

a d v i s e i f

you

e e l

t h a t am

n

e r r o r o r

have

exceeded

my u t h o r i t y

as h e

S u p e r v i s i n g

Grand

J u r y

J u d g e . See,

x h i b i t

A ,

L e t t e r

dated

May 29, 2014 o

Chief u s t i c e

C a s t i l l e .

A l l o f

my

l e t t e r s t o C h i e f

J u s t i c e

C a s t i l l e

have

concluded

w i t h

s i m i l a r

language. have

never

b e e n

i n f o r m e d t h a t

e r r e d o r exce eded

my

u t h o r i t y .

The u p e r v i s i n g

Judge o f a Statewide I n v e s t i g a t i n g

Grand J u r y

must

have

i n h e r e n t

a u t h o r i t y

t o

i n v e s t i g a t e a grand u r y

l e a k ,

w h e n t h e r e i s

a

c o n f l i c t o f i n t e r e s t as h e r e

i s

h e r e .

C l e a r l y ,

A t t o r n e y

General

K a n e

c o u l d n o t i n v e s t i g a t e

h e r s e l f .

Otherwise

p o t e n t i a l l y

s e r i o u s

v i o l a t i o n s

o f

grand u r y

secrecy

c o u l d g o

unaddressed.

A c c o r d i n g l y ,


Kane's

Quo arranto A c t i o n

l a c k s m e r i t ,

an d

s h o u l d

be

d e n i e d .

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arranto

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i s

n o w

moot.

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b e l i e v e t h a t

t h i s Quo

arranto

A c t i o n

i s n o w

moot. On

e c e m b e r

8 ,

2014, h e

T h i r t y - F i f t h

Statewide


Grand

J u r y

issued

Presentment

No.

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i n d i n g

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t h a t t h e r e

w e r e reasonable grounds h a t

A t t o r n e y

General

K a n e was

n v o l v e d

i n

v i o l a t i o n s o f

c r i m i n a l law o f our

Commonwealth,

S e e

E x h i b i t B , Presentment No. 60,

dated

De c emb e r

1 8 ,

2014;

p e c i f i c a l l y ,

PedUty,

18

Pa.C.S,A.

§4902,

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18

Pa.C.S.A.

§4903,

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18 Pa.C.S.A.

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Other

Governmental

u n c t i o n , 18 Pa.C.S.A. §5101.

SUbsequently,

o n D e c e m b e r

19, 2014,

e n t e r e d

an

Order

Accepting Presentment

No.

60.

See,

x h i b i t

C ,

Order

Accepting

P r e s e n t r n e n t No.

#60,

a t e d

De c emb e r 19,

2014.

Furthermore,

r e f e r r e d t h e

e n t i r e m a t t e r t o t h e

D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y

o f

Montgornery

.

C o u r i t y

f o r any p r o s e c u t i o n . T h e r e f o r e ,

t h i s

Quo arranto

A c t i o n has

b e e n

r e n d e r e d Moot.

F i n a l l y , t h e

A t t o r n e y

General has

requested

t o unseal t h i s

f i l i n g

See,

t t o r n e y

General

Kane's

Memorandum

o f

Law

n

Support f Quo arranto

c t i o n ,

D e c e m b e r 17,

2014,

2 ,

n . 1 .

I f

h e r

i l i n g

i s

unsealed t h e n ,

n

f a i r n e s s

t o t h e p u b l i c , t h e

mernbers

f t h e Grand J u r y ,

and

membe rs f The f f i c e o f A t t o r n e y

General, my

pinion and

E x h i b i t s thduld

a l s o be

u n s e a l e d ,

CONCLUSION

r e s p e c t f U l l y

s u b r n i t

t h a t


Kane's

Quo

arranto c t i o n

l a c k s

m e r i t and should be d e n i e d , I n a d d i t i o n , t

has bee n

rendered moot.

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Kathleen G.

Kane

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Ferman

d e c l i n e d

t o c o m m e n t Thursday.

I f

the

p r o s e c u t o r f i l e s a

c r i m i n a l case,

t

would represent

a

s t u n n i n g

f a l l

f o r

Kane, 8, who won i n

a

l a n d s l i d e i n

2012 o

b e c o m e

t h e f i r s t woman nd

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l e c t e d a t t o r n e y

g e n e r a l .

Kane

has denied b r e a k i n g

any laws

n

r e l e a s i n g

the

i n v e s t i g a t i v e

m a t e r i a l .

"The t t o r n e y

general

has

done n o t h i n g

wrong

or

i l l e g a l and,

t o my

nowledge,

h e r e i s no

c r e d i b l e

evidence

t h a t she h a s , "

her

l a w y e r ,

Lanny . D a v i s ,

s a i d

i n a statement

Thursday.

"She o l d the t r u t h

t o

the

grand j u r y a t l l

t i m e s . h o p e

the

d i s t r i c t

attomey i l l reach

same

o n c l u s i o n . "

Kane's

tenure has been marked

b y

controversy

over

the l a s t

y e a r ,

m u c h

of

t

generated b y

an

I n q u i r e r d i s c l o s u r e t h a t she

had

s e c r e t l y

shut

down

an

undercover

s t i n g " i n v e s t i g a t i o n

t h a t had caught

l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s from

P h i l a d e l p h i a on

tape

a c c e p t i n g

cash.

That

case

was

e s u r r e c t e d b y

P h i l a d e l p h i a D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y

Seth

W i l l i a m s ,

who as

charged

a

former

r a f f i c

Court

judge

and two s t a t e l e g i s l a t o r s w i t h

b r i b e r y .

I f

Kane i s

a r r e s t e d , she

would

b e c o m e

the

second

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a t t o r n e y

general

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c r i m i n a l

charges. Ernest Preate

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i n

1995

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r i m i n a l

c h a r g e s

a g a i n s t

Kane

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a r r e s t would

n o t a f f e c t Kane's

t a t u s

as

t t o r n e y

g e n e r a l .

Under

the

s t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n , e l e c t e d

o f f i c i a l s who are

charged

w i t h

a crime may

emain

i n o f f i c e

u n t i l

they are b o t h

c o n v i c t e d

and sentenced.

I n h i s statement Thursday, Davis

questioned how T he

I n q u i r e r l e a r n e d about

the

grand

j u r y ' s recommendation:

I

wonder w h y

the


judge

who ppointed the s p e c i a l

p r o s e c u t o r t o

i n v e s t i g a t e

the

a t t o r n e y

general

h a s n ' t i n i t i a t e d

a

grand

j u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n

of

h i s

l e a k

or

any

of h e o t h e r

p r e v i o u s

leaks from

t h i s same

rand j u r y

p r o c e s s . "

For about i x months, p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r

Thomas

.

C a r l u c c i o

has

been

d i r e c t i n g the

grand j u r y as t

has heard

testimony

from

numerous witnesses,

n c l u d i n g

Kane and

ma n y

of

her top a i d e s ,

t o determine

how

d e t a i l s of

a long-ago


o f a


c i v i l r i g h t s l e a d e r appeared

i n

a

P h i l a d e l p h i a D a i l y News r t i c l e i n

June.

T he r t i c l e

suggested

t h a t a

former t a t e

p r o s e c u t o r ,

Frank

G.

F i n a ,

had fumbled

t h a t

i n v e s t i g a t i o n , and the l e a k appeared

designed

t o

r a i s e

q u e s t i o n s

about

i s

competence.

F i n a

and Kane have been

embroiled i n a months-long

d i s p u t e

about

how

each handled cases, n c l u d i n g

the

s t i n g

i n v e s t i g a t i o n .

F i n a , once

t h e

top

p u b l i c - c o r r u p t i o n p r o s e c u t o r

i n

the A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ' s

O f f i c e , launched

the s t i n g i n 2010,

b e f o r e

Kane took

o f f i c e .

Kane has

acknowledged

t h a t

she knew some

a t e r i a l

from

h e r o f f i c e was i v e n t o t h e newspaper, u t s a i d the m a t e r i a l

she approved f o r r e l e a s e was n o t grand j u r y i n f o r m a t i o n .

H er

a l l i e s

have suggested t h a t

her t a f f may

ave r r e d b y

p r o v i d i n g

a d d i t i o n a l p r o h i b i t e d


w i t h o u t

he r

knowledge.

T he

D a i l y News r t i c l e p r o v i d e d d e t a i l s o f a

2009


b y

t a t e

p r o s e c u t o r s t h a t looked i n t o f i n a n c i a l

m a t t e r s i n v o l v i n g

J .

Whyatt Mondesire,

hen the

head of h e


chapter o f the NAACP.

ondesire was never

charged

or

p u b l i c l y

named

as

a

s u b j e c t o f

a

probe n t i l

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the A t t o r n e y

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paners

recommendation.

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immediately a f t e r a

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a t t o r n e y

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The

government's

power t o compel

t e s t i m o n y b e f o r e

g r a n d

j u r i e s i s

n o t a b s o l u t e .

K a s t i g a r v . U n i t e d S t a t e s ,

406 U.S.

441,

4 4 1972).

There a r e a number of exemptions

from

t h e

t e s t i m o n i a l d u t y , t h e

most m p o r t a n t

of which i s t h e

F i f t h Amendment

p r i v i l e g e a g a i n s t

compulsory

s e l f - i n c r i m i n a t i o n .

I d .

(emphasis

a d d e d ) .

The

p r i v i l e g e

r e f l e c t s

a

complex

of

ur

fundamental

v a l u e s

and

a s p i r a t i o n s ,

and marks an

i m p o r t a n t advance

i n

t h e development

of

our

i b e r t y .

I t can be a s s e r t e d i n any p r o c e e d i n g ,

c i v i l o r c r i m i n a l ,

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e o r u d i c i a l , i n v e s t i g a t o r y

o r

a d j u d i c a t o r y ;

and t

p r o t e c t s a g a i n s t any

d i s c l o s u r e s which

t h e w i t n e s s

r e a s o n a b l y

b e l i e v e s c o u l d

be

used i n a r i m i n a l pr o s e c u t i o n

o r c o u l d l e a d t o

o t h e r

e v i d e n c e

t h a t

might be so

u s e d .

I d . a t

444-45.

The

a p p l i c a b l e s t a n d a r d t o

d e t e r m i n e t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f h e

F i f t h

Amendment

s

s e t f o r t h

i n

Ohio

. R e i n e r

where t h e

Supreme

Court s t a t e d

t h a t t h e

p r i v i l e g e

e x t e n d s t o

w i t n e s s e s w ho

have r e a s o n a b l e c a u s e

t o

apprehend da nger from a

d i r e c t

answer. 532

U.S.

17,

21 (2001)

( i n t e r n a l

q u o t a t i o n

marks

o m i t t e d ) .

The

p r i v i l e g e a f f o r d e d n o t o n l y

e x t e n d s t o answers h a t


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would

i n

t h e m s e l v e s

s u p p o r t

a

o n v i c t i o n under a

e d e r a l

c r i m i n a l s t a t u t e

but

i k e w i s e embraces

t h o s e which

would

f u r n i s h

a i n k

i n t h e

c h a i n of

v i d e n c e

needed t o p r o s e c u t e t h e

c l a i m a n t f o r a

f e d e r a l c r i m e .

Hoffman

.

U n i t e d S t a t e s , 341 U.S.

479, 86 1951).

Far

from

r e q u i r i n g

a n

admission of u i l t by t h e w i t n e s s ,

t h e

F i f t h Amendment

t a n d a r d

p e r m i t s t h e i n v o c a t i o n of h e

p r i v i l e g e

by

a

w i t n e s s

p r o f e s s i n g i n n o c e n c e :

[W]e have

n e v e r

h e l d . . .

t h a t t h e

p r i v i l e g e

i s u n a v a i l a b l e t o

t h o s e

w h o l a i m i n n o c e n c e .

To

h e

c o n t r a r y ,

one o f h e F i f t h

Amendment's b a s i c

f u n c t i o n s . . . i s t o p r o t e c t i n n o c e n t

men...'w ho might

o t h e r w i s e be e n s n a r e d by ambiguous

c i r c u m s t a n c e s . '

R e i n e r ,

532

U.S.

t

21.

Too

many,

even

t h o s e

w h o

s h o u l d

be

b e t t e r

a d v i s e d ,

view

t h i s p r i v i l e g e

a s a h e l t e r f o r

wrongdoers.

They t o o r e a d i l y assume t h a t

t h o s e

w h o

invoke t

a r e

e i t h e r g u i l t y

of

c r i m e o r

commit

p e r j u r y i n c l a i m i n g t h e

p r i v i l e g e .

Grunewald .

United t a t e s ,

353

U.S.

391,

421

1 9 5 7 ) .

Innocent

men a r e

more

l i k e l y

t o p l e a d t h e p r i v i l e g e i n

s e c r e t p r o c e e d i n g s , where

t h e y t e s t i f y w i t h o u t a d v i c e of o u n s e l and w i t h o u t

o p p o r t u n i t y f o r c r o s s - e x a m i n a t i o n , t h a n i n

open c o u r t p r o c e e d i n g s ,

where

c r o s s - e x a m i n a t i o n

and u d i c i a l l y

s u p e r v i s e d

p r o c e d u r e

p r o v i d e

s a f e g u a r d s f o r

t h e

e s t a b l i s h i n g

of

h e whole,

s a g a i n s t t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f merely

p a r t i a l ,

t r u t h .

I d .

a t

422-23.

PROCEDURALHISTORY

The

T h i r t y - F i f t h S t a t e w i d e I n v e s t i g a t i n g

Grand J u r y

w a s convened t o i n v e s t i g a t e

whether

Grand J u r y i n f o r m a t i o n

from

a

p r i o r

Grand J u r y w a s e l e a s e d by

someone i n t h e A t t o r n e y

G e n e r a l ' s

O f f i c e .

See

E x h i b i t

1A a t t a c h e d t o P e t i t i o n

f o r Review and i n c o r p o r a t e d h e r e i n . On

J a n u a r y 1 2 ,

2015,

e t i t i o n e r

t e s t i f i e d p u r s u a n t t o subpoena No.

1369, a t e d J a n u a r y

7,

2015. See

E x h i b i t

1B

a t t a c h e d t o

P e t i t i o n f o r

Review and

i n c o r p o r a t e d

h e r e i n . During

t h e

c o u r s e of

i s

1

P e t i t i o n e r a l s o

t e s t i f i e d o n November 1 4 , 2014

and November

21,

2014

pursuant

t o subpoena d a t e d October

29 ,

2014,

Notice No. 123,

Subpoena

No. 1497.

2


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t e s t i m o n y , P e t i t i o n e r

was

q u e s t i o n e d

about h e

frequency

of

communication,

n c l u d i n g t e x t

m e s s a g e s , w i t h

t h e A t t o r n e y

G e n e r a l .

I n

r e s p o n s e t o t h e s e

q u e s t i o n s , e t i t i o n e r

invoked h i s

c o n s t i t u t i o n a l

r i g h t a g a i n s t

b e i n g compelled t o

be a w i t n e s s

a g a i n s t

himself s s e t

f o r t h

i n

t h e

F i f t h Amendment of

h e United S t a t e s C o n s t i t u t i o n .

The

p a r t i e s p r e s e n t e d argument o t h e

Honorable

William

R.

a r p e n t e r ,


Judge

of

h e

T h i r t y - F i f t h S t a t e w i d e I n v e s t i g a t i n g

Grand

J u r y . The S p e c i a l

P r o s e c u t o r

a s s e r t e d

t h a t


F i f t h

Amendment r i v i l e g e would o n l y

r e l a t e t o whether

he

was going

o

p e r j u r e

h i m s e l f , n o t

t o

i m p l i c a t e

himself

n a

crime because

t h e r e

w a s no e v i d e n c e t h a t

P e t i t i o n e r had

any

r e a s o n t o

be

o b l i g a t e d by

g r a n d

j u r y s e c r e c y w i t h r e s p e c t to t h e l e a k

of


from

t h e p r i o r

grand

u r y . See E x h i b i t 1Ct o

P e t i t i o n f o r Review and i n c o r p o r a t e d

h e r e i n ,

Master

T r a n s c r i p t

of roceedings o f

Grand J u r y ,

J a n u a r y 12,2015, . 1 3

(emphasis

a d d e d ) . I n o t h e r

words, n t h e view o f

h e

S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r , P e t i t i o n e r

invoked

t h e

p r i v i l e g e i n

a n t i c i p a t i o n

of e s t i m o n y t h a t would be f a l s e .

Counsel o r

P e t i t i o n e r

a r g u e d t h a t t h e i s s u e w a s n o t one o f n t i c i p a t o r y p e r j u r y , b u t

r a t h e r ,

P e t i t i o n e r

r e f u s e d t o

t e s t i f y

because

any t e s t i m o n y

r e g a r d i n g

communication w i t h t h e

A t t o r n e y

G e n e r a l c o u l d

open t h e door t o

o r

p r o v i d e a i n k i n a c h a i n of

v i d e n c e

t h a t ma y

s u p p o r t an

i n f e r e n c e

t h a t


General engaged i n

an

e f f o r t

w i t h P e t i t i o n e r t o c r a f t

h i s

p r i o r

g r a n d j u r y

t e s t i m o n y

o r c r a f t

e x p l a n a t i o n s .

This would n e c e s s a r i l y i n v o l v e

communication

between

them

t h a t p r e v i o u s l y took

p l a c e

by phone, e x t and email message, i v e n t h a t P e t i t i o n e r

and


General

d i d

n o t l i v e o r work

i n

t h e

same c i t y .

Counsel o r

P e t i t i o n e r

c i t e d t o

phone

r e c o r d s

r e l a t e d t o

communications

between

him and t h e

A t t o r n e y General t h a t

c o u l d g i v e

r i s e t o t h i s

i n f e r e n c e . Phone

r e c o r d s

would

r e v e a l t h a t P e t i t i o n e r

and t h e


communicated i n

c l o s e p r o x i m i t y t o t h e d a t e s on

which

he

t e s t i f i e d

b e f o r e

t h e grand

u r y .

3


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The o u r t

h e l d

t h a t


e x e r c i s e

o f

h e F i f t h Amendment w a s

i l l u s o r y , n o t a

p r o p e r e x e r c i s e of h e p r i v i l e g e and

h e l d

P e t i t i o n e r

i n

contempt. I d . a t p . 1 4 .

The o u r t s t a y e d

t h e contempt r d e r

pending review

by t h e h i g h e r c o u r t .

I d .

a t p .

1 5 .

JURISDICTION

This

i s a

p e t i t i o n

f o r

review

o f n o r d e r

f i n d i n g

t h e

P e t i t i o n e r i n

contempt

of

o u r t

f o r

h a v i n g

r e s p e c t f u l l y

r e f u s e d

t o

comply

w i t h

an o r d e r e n t e r e d o n t h e

b a s i s

o f h e

lower

c o u r t ' s

f i n d i n g t h a t t h e p e t i t i o n e r

may

n o t invoke

h i s

r i g h t s

under t h e

F i f t h

Amendment

o

t h e

U n i t e d

S t a t e s C o n s t i t u t i o n . A c c o r d i n g l y , h e

o r d e r i n t h e

c o u r t below i s f i n a l under Pa . R.A.P.

341.

Moreover and

i n t h e a l t e r n a t i v e , o r d e r s o v e r r u l i n g c l a i m s

o f

r i v i l e g e

and

r e q u i r i n g

d i s c l o s u r e

a r e

immediately

a p p e a l a b l e under Pa . R.A.P. 313. Commonwealth . H a r r i s , 32

A.3d

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o r d e r of .

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lower c o u r t . This p e t i t i o n

i s t i m e l y

a s

i t

i s

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