Legal Opinion
In Re District Attorney's Investigation of Police Shooting of Reyes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1977No. 435, Miscellaneous Docket 21PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
This matter is before us on a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by Philadelphia Police Officers Gerald Salerno, Charles Gubler, Steven Maggiancaldo, Andrew Yalet*62sko, Howard Davis, James Dorwart, David Ridgeway, Sid Mullins and Robert Butler.1
On July 2, 1977, Jose Reyes was shot to death in Philadelphia. Police Officer Gerald Salerno was alleged to be the person who shot Reyes. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, through its homicide division, began an investigation into the circumstances of the Reyes-Salerno shooting.
On August 3, 1977, five of the…
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