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WILSON v. BLAKE

475 Pa. 627 (1977)

381 A.2d 450

Howard WILSON v. Edward J. BLAKE, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Joseph R. Glancey, President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and Edward G. Mekel, Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court. COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Howard MARTIN v. Edward J. BLAKE, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Joseph R. Glancey, President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and Edward G. Mekel, Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Salaman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Defender Assn. of Phila., Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Barbara A. Bailey, Asst. Defender, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Thomas E. Butler, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Defendants were indicted on charges of robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, conspiracy and aggravated assault stemming from an incident in which two men attempted to "roll a drunk" who was a police officer working undercover. At a preliminary hearing held March 7, 1977, defendants pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 141 sought to make tape recordings of the proceedings. The municipal court prohibited the recordings. On April...

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