Legal Opinion
Seeton v. Adams
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 9, 2012PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
Johnna Seeton, Humane Society Police Officer of Berks County, appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County dismissing her action against the District Attorney of Berks County. See-ton seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the District Attorney to prosecute the Pike Township Sportsmen’s Association for conducting a live pigeon shoot in a manner that Seeton believes to have violated the Animal Cruelty Law, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511. Concluding that the trial court did not err in holding that the District Attorney’s exercise of prosecutorial discretion is beyond *270the…
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