Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Buehl
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 24, 1983No. 17PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
This appeal is from an order denying appellant’s motion for access to a pretrial hearing and a copy of the transcript of the hearing. The order arises from the Commonwealth’s prosecution of Roger Buehl for murder. The pretrial hearing was set for the day the case was called for trial, January 3, 1983, and at the opening of the hearing, Buehl’s counsel moved that the hearing be closed. The lower court granted the motion at once, and on January 18 Buehl was convicted and sentenced to death. Appellant is the publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. We…
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3Cited by36 opinions
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