Legal Opinion
In Re Hickson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 2000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, J.:
¶ 1 The single question addressed in this opinion is whether an individual has standing to seek judicial review of the district attorney’s disapproval of his pri*374vate criminal complaint where he has no relationship or connection to the incident at issue other than that of citizen, taxpayer and attorney of this Commonwealth. We conclude that such an individual does not have standing and so reverse the order of the trial court.
¶ 2 State parole agents Isaac Hickson and Robert Martinez shot and killed Kenneth Griffin while attempting to arrest him.1 As a result of Griffin’s death, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McHaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Commonwealth v. CooperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- J.A.L. v. E.P.H.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- J.A.L. v. E.P.H.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. MalloySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re HicksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- In Re Private Criminal Complaint of WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Corman v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth v. FinleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Kelly v. MuellerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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