Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Selenski

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 2010No. 989 MDA 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

McEWEN, P.J.E.

¶ 1 Appellant, The Times Leader, appeals from the order that denied its motion to open a proceeding, held pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 500, to preserve the testimony of a witness in anticipation of the criminal trials of appellee-defendants, Hugo M. Selenski and Paul Weakley. We affirm.

¶ 2 The procedural history relevant to this appeal originated on May 19, 2006, when the Commonwealth charged appellees Selenski and Weakley with multiple counts of homicide, robbery, theft, conspiracy, and solicitation for the killing of Michael Kerkowski and Tammy…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. Howard L. Criden, Harry P. Jannotti, Louis C. Johanson, George X. Schwartz. Appeal of Philadelphia Newspapers, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. RucciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. FenstermakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CurleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Com. v. Held, J., Appeal of: TribTotal MediaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. Com. v. Held, J., Appeal of: TribTotal MediaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Commonwealth v. SelenskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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