Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Upshur
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 20, 2007No. 2 WAP 2006PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice SAYLOR.
Appeal was allowed in this case to determine whether an audiotape played at a preliminary hearing is a public judicial record or document to which the media has a presumptive right of access.
In February 2004, Jamie Lynn Upshur was charged by criminal complaint filed in the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court with multiple offenses, including two counts of criminal homicide, apparently arising out of a collision that involved several vehicles.1 As part of its prima facie case at Ms. Upshur’s preliminary hearing before a magistrate district…
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