Court Opinion

ID: 9706070
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:30:48.913062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:18.920947
License: Public Domain

*479JUSTICE NIGRO
CONCURRING.
I join the majority opinion with the limited exception of its discussion regarding the “bring-down” order used to transfer Appellant from the prison to the CID offices for questioning regarding the Willard murder case.
Although I fully agree with the majority that the “bring-down” order was undoubtedly erroneous, I cannot agree with the majority’s seemingly dismissive approach to the misuse of that erroneous order. To that end, the majority notes that Appellant does not cite to any evidence of record establishing that the error in the order was anything other than a mere “mistake” or “oversight.” While that may be true, it still remains that the order only authorized the transfer of Appellant for a hearing and not for what it was ultimately used for-the questioning of Appellant regarding the Willard case. In my view, the Commonwealth should simply not be allowed to use a court order for one purpose when that order explicitly authorizes its use only for a different purpose. See Commonwealth v. Karash, 513 Pa. 6, 518 A.2d 537, 542 (1986) (“The misuse of a court order is an affront to the court issuing that order.”) Nonetheless, I ultimately agree with the majority that Appellant is not entitled to relief on this claim because the transfer did not, under the circumstances here, implicate Appellant’s Fourth Amendment rights.