Title: In Re: Conflict of Int of Phl DA of: Faulkner (per curiam order)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 125 EM 2019
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 16, 2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT IN RE: CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF THE OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PETITION OF: MAUREEN FAULKNER, WIDOW OF DECEASED POLICE OFFICER DANIEL FAULKNER : : : : : : : : : No. 125 EM 2019 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 16th day of December, 2020, the King’s Bench petition is hereby DISMISSED in accordance with the special master’s recommendation. The special master is directed to unseal the record in this matter. This Court’s February 24, 2020 order staying all matters related to the underlying criminal case, Commonwealth v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, No. 290 EDA 2019; CP-51-CR-0113571-1982, is hereby lifted. Justice Dougherty files a concurring statement. Justice Wecht files a concurring statement. Justice Mundy files a dissenting statement. Chief Justice Saylor and Justices Baer and Todd did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.