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298 Pa. Super. 81

Commonwealth v. Williamson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 29, 1981

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1981-12-29

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1986

2 state decisions

Relies on 276 Pa. Super. 543 - Commonwealth v. Eisemann

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Decided 1981-12-29

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PER CURIAM:

¶1Appellant attempted to bring private criminal complaints against a former District Attorney for refusal to prosecute prior private criminal complaints filed against others by appellant. The current District Attorney refused to prosecute, and appellant pursued his right under Pa.R.Cr.P. 133(B) to submit the disapproved complaint to the Court of Common Pleas for review. The Court of Common Pleas disapproved the complaints, finding them without any legal basis for prosecution, and the complainant appealed.

¶2Appellant has previously litigated the same question before this court. In Commonwealth v. Eisemann, 276 Pa.Super. 543, 419 A.2d 591 (1980), appellant herein sought reversal of the very action by the former district attorney which he has now sought to have prosecuted as criminal. The Court of Common Pleas and this court held that Mr. Williamson had acted completely within his authority and in accordance with the law, and that there had been no abuse of discretion.

¶3We affirm the order of the lower court.

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