Commonwealth v. Shelton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1976-10-08

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OPINION OF THE COURT EAGEN, Justice. On December 20, 1978, a special investigating grand jury in Philadelphia filed a presentment recommending Melvin Shelton be indicted on certain criminal charges. The presentment was submitted to a regular indicting grand jury which returned indictments on January 3, 1974. Shelton sought and obtained a discovery order requiring the Commonwealth to make available certain informat…

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