Coley v. Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.1

Charles Coley appeals, pro se, an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that denied Coley’s request for records under the Right-to-Know Law.2 Coley sought access to rec*696ords compiled by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office during a criminal investigation that resulted in Coley’s arrest and conviction for murder. The trial court held that the requested records were exempt from disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law because, inter alia, the Criminal History Record Information Act prohibits their disclosure.3 For the reasons that…