In Re January 1974 Special Investigating Grand Jury
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, Judge:
This is an appeal from the order of the lower court’s supervising judge of Philadelphia’s January 1974 Special Investigating Grand Jury, prohibiting appellants, Marvin Comisky and Jerome Richter, attorneys and partners of the law firm of Blank, Rome, Klaus and Comisky, and their firm, from representing more than one of three witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear and give testimony before the Grand Jury.
The three witnesses appeared before the Grand Jury and, on advice of counsel, invoked the privilege against self-incrimination. None of these witnesses was offered or received…
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