Legal Opinion
Matter of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 23, 1981No. 211 W.D.Misc. Docket 1980PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*19OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Anne Pride is the director of the Pittsburgh-based “rape crisis center” known as Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR). She appeals from an order of the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County holding her in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a court order authorizing counsel for a defendant accused of rape to inspect that portion of a PAAR file which is purportedly a statement of the complaining witness.
At issue is the extent to which a court presiding over a rape trial may authorize counsel for the accused…
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