Commonwealth v. Carsia

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to decide the extremely important question of whether the elected Attorney General provided for under Article 4, section 4.1, of our Constitution is limited in authority to prosecution of criminal cases as set forth in section 205 of the Commonwealth Attorneys Act (“Act”), 71 P.S. § 732-205 (Suppl. Pamphlet 1963-1983). 1 The trial court and the Superior Court, sitting en banc, have concluded that the power of the Attorney General to prosecute criminal matters is prescribed by section 205 and that he does not possess any inherent…