Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Martinez
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 6, 2007PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
PANELLA, J.:
¶ 1 In this case we consider whether the news media enjoys a common law right of access, after sentencing in a criminal case, to letters presented to the sentencing court by defense counsel on a defendant’s behalf.
¶ 2 On November 8, 2001, Gilbert Martinez 1 was charged in six separate criminal complaints with twenty-one counts of various narcotics offenses involving the delivery of cocaine. Martinez was accused of, inter alia, selling cocaine from his office in the Controller’s Office in the City-County Building in Pittsburgh during the months of October and November…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- In Re: Cendant Corp., (Formerly Known as Cuc International, Inc.) Cendant Capital I Lester A. Goldstein, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated Welch & Forbes Inc., an Institutional Investment Manager, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Walter A. Forbes Cosmo Corigliano Anne M. Pember Merrill Lynch & Co. Chase Securities Inc. Henry R. Silverman v. Ernst & Young Cendant Membership Services, Inc. Casper Sabatino Steven P. Speaks Kevin T. Kearney Mary Sattler Howard SirotaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. PadillasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. KinardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Guarrasi v. ScottCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Barros v. MartinCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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