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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
215-972-6430
Counsel
o r
Joshua
Morrow
R e c e i v e d
I n
S u p r e m e
C o u r t
JAN 3
0 1 5
O d l e
a 2 0 1 5
E A E
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
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IN
THE
SUPREMECOURT
OFPENNSYLVANIA
In e The h i r t y - F i f t h
Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
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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
215-972-6430
Counsel o r Joshua Morrow
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FILED
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SEAL
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SUPREME COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE
DISTRICT
I N
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THE
HIRTY-FIFTH STATEWIDE
INVESTIGATING
GRAND
JURY
SUPREME COURT
DOCKET
NO
97
MM
014
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
OMMON
PLEAS
NO
644-2012
OPINION
CARPENTER J.
DECEMBER 0,
2014
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand J u r y ,
found
t h a t t h e r e w e r e
reasonable
grounds
o
b e l i e v e
a
u r t h e r more
u b s t a n t i v e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i n t o
a l l e g a t i o n s
t h a t
statewide
Grand Jury
secrecy may
hav e
b e e n
compromised
w a s
warranted, and
o n h a t date t h i s Court
appointed Thomas
.
C a r l u c c i o ,
Esquire as
Special
Prosecutor.
S p e c i f i c a l l y , the
May
9, 2014
Order
o l l o w e d
an i n
camera
proceeding
which
e s t a b l i s h e d
t h a t
t h e r e was a
l e a k
o f
s e c r e t
Grand
Jury
i n f o r m a t i o n
and
t h a t
the l e a k
most i k e l y
came rom
t h e
O f f i c e
o f the Attorney
General.
c c o r d i n g l y ,
determined
t h a t
the
appointment f
a
S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
was
necessary and
a p p r o p r i a t e .
ISSUES
W h e t h e r the
appointment o f a S p e c i a l Prosecutor
was r o p e r .
I I
W h e t h e r
the Quo
arranto
A c t i o n i s
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DISCUSSION
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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
so
h a t
p r o s e c u t o r s
and
u p e r v i s i n g judges
o n d u c t i n g
f u t u r e
proceedings may
e a r n
from t h e
examples.
d .
a t
504.
Th e Court x p l a i n e d
t h e
v i t a l
r o l e a
s O p e r v i s i n g judge n
r e g a r d t o the
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
secrecy i n
which t
o p e r a t e s , a l l
f o r
a t r o n g
j u d i c i a l
hand i n
s u p e r v i s i n g t h e
proceedings
d .
a t 503. Th e C o u r t
f u r t h e r
e x p l a i n e d as
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We
re
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
are
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
from
I n r e
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).
Thus,
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.
Th e
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
o f
secrecy
i s
observed by l l
p a r t i c i p a n t s .
I d .
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 ) .
T h e n
r e
Dauphin
Coun ty
Court
c i t e d t w o
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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
o f
a grand u r y
l e a k . I d .
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Th e Pennsylvania Su pr eme
Court
n
I n
r e
Dauphin
County c i t e d
an
a d d i t i o n a l
example
n v o l v i n g
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 .
T h e
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
s u p e r v i s i n g
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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
a l l e g a t i o n s
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 ,
A t t o r n e y General
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 .
1 1
The Quo
arranto
A c t i o n
i s
n o w
moot.
F u r t h e r ,
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
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
J u r y
issued
Presentment
No.
#60,
i n d i n g
4
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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,
False
Swearing,
18
Pa.C.S.A.
§4903,
O f f i c i a l • O p p r e s s i o n ,
18 Pa.C.S.A.
§5301 and O b s t r u c t i o n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f Law o r
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
A t t o r n e y General
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.
BY
THE COURT:
WILLIAM
R.
CARPE
TER
J .
SUPERVISING
JUDGE
OF
THE
HIRTY-
FIFTH
STATEWIDE NVESTIGATING
GRAND JURY
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T h e
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a l l e g a t i o n s t h a t
Pennsylvania Attorney General
Kathleen G.
Kane
leaked
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t o
a
newspaper ha ve
found
evidence of
wrongdoing
and
r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t she
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charged,
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n u m er o u s people
a m i l i a r
w i t h the
d e c i s i o n .
T h e panel
concluded
t h a t Kane
v i o l a t e d g r a n d - j u r y
secrecy
r u l e s b y l e a k i n g
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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
Democrat
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
Pennsylvania
a t t o r n e y
general
i n
modern h i s t o r y t o face
c r i m i n a l
charges. Ernest Preate
r . ,
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Republican,
e s i g n e d
i n
1995
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u r y
recommends
r i m i n a l
c h a r g e s
a g a i n s t
Kane
A n
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
s u p e r v i s i n g
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
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
o f a
P h i l a d e l p h i 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
i n f o r m a t i o n
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
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
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
P h i l a d e l p h i a
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
the
D a i l y News
t o r y .
He
as a i d he i d
n o t h i n g
wrong, and has denounced
the
a r t i c l e
and
l e a k
as
n f a i r l y damaging
t o h i s
r e p u t a t i o n .
T he
grand
j u r y
i n v e s t i g a t i o n of h e l e a k was
approved by
former
Chief
u s t i c e Ronald
D. a s t i l l e
a t
t h e request of
W i l l i a m
R .
Carpenter,
a
Montgomery County Court judge.
Carpenter, a
former
p r o s e c u to r , p r e s i d e s
over
a
s t a t e w i d e
i n v e s t i g a t i v e grand
j u r y -
one
h a t looks n t o m a t t e r s
i n v o l v i n g
P h i l a d e l p h i a and surrounding c o u n t i e s - t h a t
i s the
successor
j u r y
t o t h e one
i n v o l v e d w i t h
the
Mondesire
m a t t e r s i x years
ago.
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a c r i m i n a l
defense
lawyer n
Plymouth
Meeting
and
former p r o s e c u t o r i n Delaware, as
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r .
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G r a n d j u r y
recommends
r i m i n a l
c h a r g e s a g a i n s t Kane
E f f o r t s
t o
reach
Carpenter and
C a r l u c c i o were n o t
s u c c e s s f u l
Thursday.
Ferman,
a s t i l l e ,
Carpenter, and
C a r l u c c i o are Republicans.
K a n e h a s
suggested
t h a t the
grand u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n w a s
a
p a r t i s a n a t t a c k , a complaint
r e j e c t e d
by C a s t i l l e .
C a s t i l l e ,
who
e t i r e d
from
the
bench Jan.
,
s a i d
h e
ha d
approved
n u m e r o u s e a k
i n v e s t i g a t i o n s
d u r i n g
h i s
21
years
on
the h i g h c o u r t .
I n
o r d i n a r y
circumstances, r o s e c u t o r s
from
the A t t o r n e y
Generars O f f i c e
p r e s e n t
cases
o
C a r p e n t e r ' s
grand
u r y , a nd
the A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ' s O f f i c e
l a t e r m ak es a n
a r r e s t bas ed
on
the
paners
recommendation.
I n t h i s unusual e a k
i n v e s t i g a t i o n , however, he judge h anded
Ferman
t h e r o l e
o f p r o s e c u t o r because
she
s
d i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y
i n
the
county i n which
the
grand u r y
meets.
Ferman
i s
conducting
a n
independent review of
h e
grand
u r y
presentment, sources say,
a
process h a t
could take
s e v e r a l
months.
P h i l a d e l p h i a lawyer
L .
George
P a r r y , a
former
p r o s e c u t o r ,
s a i d i t
made
ense o r
Fe r m a n
t o d i g i n t o t h e f a c t s
i n d e p e n d e n t l y .
While
a r r e s t s are t y p i c a l l y
m a d e
immediately a f t e r a
presentment
h as
be en
i s s u e d , Parry s a i d , t h i s i s
r e a l l y
a n
unusual
s i t u a t i o n .
I w o u l d n ' t f a u l t her a t a l l f o r wanting t o review t h i s , he s a i d .
They are
dropping
a
r e a l
h o t
p o t a t o
on
h e r . l f , i n f a c t , t h e r e
i s
a
presentment
h a t c a l l s
f o r c h a r g i n g
the
a t t o r n e y
general of
Pennsylvania,
would t h i n k
t h a t a n y
r e s p o n s i b l e a d u l t
would
want o read over
h i n g s v e r y c a r e f u l l y b e f o r e committing t o
take
on t h e
c a s e .
Ferman announced
t h i s
week h a t
s h e
would
r u n f o r
a
county
judgeship i n No v e m be r and
would serve
out
her
term
a s
d i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y .
While h i g h l y
unusual,
the prospect of a
county p r o s e c u t o r
b r i n g i n g
a case a g a i n s t a s t a t e w i d e
o f f i c i a l i s n o t
unprecedented
n a t i o n w i d e .
I n August, a s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r
appointed by a
judge charged
Texas Gov. i c k P e r r y ,
a
Republican,
i t h two e l o n i e s f o r
a l l e g e d l y t r y i n g
t o
f o r c e
a
Democratic i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y out
of
o f f i c e .
Perry and o t h e r
Republicans, and even some
Democrats, have
r i t i c i z e d t h e
charges a s o l i t i c a l .
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IN
THE
SUPREME
COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
In r e
The
T h i r t y - F i f t h
Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
Jury
( P e t i t i o n
of
Joshua
Morrow)
Supreme
Court
of
Pennsylvania
No. 176 M.D.
Misc. Dkt.2012
Montgomery County
Common
leas
M.D.
644-2012
Brief
n
Support of
e t i t i o n
for
Review
of
Co n tempt
Order
a n d
Order
Overruling
the
P 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
BRIEF
IN
SUPPORTOF
PETITION
FORREVIEWOF
CONTEMPT ORDER AND ORDER
OVERRULINGTHEPETITIONER S
INVOCATIONOF
THEFIFTH
AMENDMENT
EFORE
THE
INVESTIGATING
GRAND
JURY
INTRODUCTION
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 ,
s u p e r v i s i n g
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
P e t i t i o n e r ' s
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
i n f o r m a t i o n
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
t h e A t t o r n e y
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
t h e A t t o r n e y
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
A t t o r n e y General
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 .
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The o u r t
h e l d
t h a t
P e t i t i o n e r ' s
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
243,
25 1
(2011)
r e a f f i r m i n g
Ben
.
Schwartz,5 5 6
Pa.
475, 729
A.2d
5 47
1 9 9 9 ) ) .
P e n n s y l v a n i a
Rule of
A 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 ma 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 ]
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
f i l e d w i t h i n