Commonwealth v. Muroski

McEWEN, Judge:

We are here called upon to determine whether a private complainant has standing to appeal from a trial court order sustaining the disapproval1 by the district attorney of a private criminal complaint and, if so, whether, in the instant case, the trial court abused its discretion or committed an error of law by concluding that the district attorney properly exercised his discretion in disapproving the private criminal complaint filed by appellant.

Appellant, James Page, an inmate at the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, filed a private criminal complaint against Chester…