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COMMONWEALTH v. SHELTON

469 Pa. 8 (1976)

364 A.2d 694

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Melvin SHELTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Deborah Glass, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Alan J. Davis, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., Upper Darby, for Pa. Dist. Attorneys' Assn.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On December 20, 1973, 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 information. Because the discovery order was in apparent...

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