Title: In Re Investigating Grand Jury, Etc.
Citation: 408 A.2d 1099, 487 Pa. 68
Docket Number: N/A
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 26, 1979

487 Pa. 68 (1979) 408 A.2d 1099 In re INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. December 26, 1979. Francis X. Nolan, Philadelphia, for petitioners. H. Graham McDonald, Joseph Casey, Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia County, for respondents. Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ. EAGEN, Chief Justice. This petition seeking a writ of prohibition was filed in this Court following the denial of a motion to quash a subpoena by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. The subpoena ordered petitioner, inter alia, to appear before an investigatory grand jury in Philadelphia. The grand jury was *69 convened 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., following the approval by the Court of Common Pleas of an application made by the district attorney. In re: Petition of Specter, 455 Pa. 518, 317 A.2d 286 (1974), is controlling. There we said: MANDERINO, J., did not participate in the decision of this case.