Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Schab
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 31, 1978No. 287PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*58OPINION
MANDERINO, Justice.
This case raises the issue of if and under what circumstances the Attorney General of Pennsylvania may supersede a district attorney and proceed to conduct a criminal prosecution in the county of the superseded district attorney.
On August 31, 1975, Martin I. Schab, a Philadelphia policeman, shot and killed Anthony Frank Majewski in the Sip’N Steak Bar and Restaurant in Philadelphia. The District Attorney’s office investigated the killing and concluded that Schab had not violated the penal law because the killing was an excusable homicide.
Subsequently, the Attorney…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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