Legal Opinion
Costopoulos v. Thornburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 26, 1979No. 91 and 98 E.D.Misc.Dkt.1979PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Pursuant to the Investigating Grand Jury Act, Act of November 22, 1978, P.L. 1148 No. 271, §§ 1 et seq., 19 P.S. §§ 265 et seq. [Hereinafter: 19 P.S. § 265], the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, Edward G. Biester, Jr., filed with the Prothonotary of this Court at 91 E.D.Misc.Dkt.1979 an “application requesting an order directing that a multicounty investigating grand jury having statewide jurisdiction be summoned.” Pursuant to 19 P.S. § 268, the application was presented to me, as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and I, on July 2, 1979, entered an…
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