Title: Commonwealth v. Bowden & Washington, Jr. (Concurring Opinion)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 34-37 EAP 2002
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 19, 2003

[J-25-2003] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. MARK BOWDEN AND LINN WASHINGTON, JR., Appellees COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, v. BRIAN TYSON, APPEAL OF: MARK BOWDEN AND LINN WASHINGTON, JR. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Nos. 34 & 35 EAP 2002 Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, entered May 29, 2002, at Nos. 150 & 294 EDA 2001, affirming in part and remanding in part the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, entered December 13, 2000, at No. 3192 December Term 2000 800 A.2d 327 (Pa. Super. 2002) ARGUED: April 7, 2003 Nos. 36 & 37 EAP 2002 Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, entered May 29, 2002, at Nos. 3322 & 3334 EDA 2000, affirming in part and remanding in part the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, entered December 4, 2000, at No. 9710-0014 800 A.2d 327 (Pa. Super. 2002) ARGUED: April 7, 2003 CONCURRING OPINION MR. JUSTICE LAMB DECIDED: December 19, 2003 I join the majority in holding that the Pennsylvania Shield Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942, does not protect Mark Bowden and Linn Washington, Jr. from disclosing Brian Tyson's [J-25-2003] - 2 statements. I write separately, however, to express my disagreement with the majority's conclusion that the facts of In re Taylor, 193 A.2d 181 (Pa. 1963), are distinguishable from the instant case. As I would expressly overrule In re Taylor, I concur.