In Re: 4744 Subpoenas Duces Tecum

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT IN RE: 4,744 SUBPOENAS DUCES : No. 68 EM 2021 TECUM ISSUED BY THE PHILADELPHIA : DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO THE : PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT : : : PETITION OF: THE PHILADELPHIA : POLICE DEPARTMENT : : : : : DISSENTING STATEMENT JUSTICE DOUGHERTY FILED: November 5, 2021 As this Court has long recognized, our extraordinary and sweeping jurisdiction at King’s Bench must be exercised with “extreme caution” due to the possibility of abuse. Commonwealth v. Balph,

3 A. 220, 230

(Pa. 1886). But caution does not mean inaction. “[T]he…