347 Pa. Super. 403 - Commonwealth v. Goodman’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2516 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on United States v. Turkette · William Marbury v. James Madison · Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · Miller v. United States · United States v. Giordano
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Prosecutions. — -The Attorney General shall have the power to prosecute in any county criminal court the following cases: (1) Criminal charges against State officials or employees affecting the performance of their public duties or the maintenance of the public trust and criminal charges against persons attempting to influence such State officials or employees or benefit from such influence or attempt to influence. ' (2) Criminal charges involving corrupt organizations as provided for in 18 Pa.C.S. § 911 (relating to corrupt organizations). (3) Upon the request of a district attorney who lacks the resources to conduct an adequate investigation or the prosecution of the criminal case or matter or who represents that there is the potential for an actual or apparent conflict of interest on the part of the district attorney or his office. (4) The Attorney General may petition the court having jurisdiction over any criminal proceeding to permit the Attorney General to supersede the district attorney in order to prosecute a criminal action or to institute criminal proceedings. Upon the filing of the petition, the president judge shall request the Supreme Court to assign a judge to hear the matter. The judge assigned shall hear the matter within 30 days after appointment and make a determination as to whether to allow supersession within 60 days after the hearing. The district attorney shall be given notice of the hearing and may appear and oppose the granting of the petition. S”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“"More importantly, the record also reveals that at no time was there any representation by either law enforcement office that the district attorney *lack[ed] the resources to conduct an adequate investigation,’ or that there was a ‘potential for an actual or apparent conflict of interest on the part of the district attorney or his office.’ Id. We, therefore, reject the Commonwealth’s argument that there was any substitution under section 205, by agreement or request, which permitted the Attorney General to investigate.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Public Welfare Code,” and the Federal law known as the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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