Lepley v. Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the trial court’s order directing petitioner, George E. Lepley, Jr., Esquire, to make available to the Commonwealth the tape he made of his client’s preliminary hearing deprives his client of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. We hold that it does not and deny petitioner’s request for Writ of Prohibition.

*569Petitioner, an assistant public defender of Lycoming County, was appointed counsel for Robert C. Walker who is charged with conspiring with John Alonzo…