Legal Opinion
Heinly v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 1993PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Keith Heinly (Heinly) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court) sustaining the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by defendants Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth), State Police Commissioner Robert M. Sharpe (Sharpe), Captain Robert G. Werts (Werts) and ten unnamed state police officers (Unnamed Police Officers) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”) resulting in the dismissal of his Complaint.
As alleged in Heinly’s Complaint, on October 22, 1989, Heinly’s brother shot and killed a woman and then…
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