Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stewart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 2, 1994PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
436 Pa. Superior Ct. 262 (1994)
647 A.2d 597
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
v.
David G. STEWART, Jr.
Appeal of the ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued March 15, 1994.
Decided August 2, 1994.
Maura K. Quinlan, Harrisburg, for appellant.
Michael Dennehy, Danville, for appellee.
Before BECK, POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ.
BECK, Judge.
We address inter alia the scope of the Confidential Communications to Clergymen provision of 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5943.
Appellee David Stewart (Stewart), was charged with the murder of Reverend Leo Heineman (the victim). Prior to trial, Stewart served…
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