Title: Commonwealth v. Kurtz, J. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 289 MAL 2023
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: October 30, 2023

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JOHN EDWARD KURTZ, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 289 MAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JOHN EDWARD KURTZ, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 290 MAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. JOHN EDWARD KURTZ, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 291 MAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM [289 MAL 2023, 290 MAL 2023 and 291 MAL 2023] - 2 AND NOW, this 30th day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are: 1. In an issue of first impression, whether the Superior Court erred in concluding that an individual does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her electronic content, particularly in his or her private internet search queries and IP address? 2. In an issue of first impression, whether the Superior Court erred in finding that probable cause may be established to support a search warrant to Google, Inc. requesting the content of an individual’s private internet search queries where the suspect is unknown and no evidence is presented establishing that Google, Inc. was used in the planning or commission of the crime?