IN RE GARTLEY


341 Pa.Super. 350 (1985)

491 A.2d 851

In re Search Warrant B-21778 Robert GARTLEY, Sr. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 4, 1985.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted September 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Linzer, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

John F. Hooper, III, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before ROWLEY, JOHNSON and HESTER, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

In this case of first impression, we address the propriety of the use of a search warrant by agents of the Attorney General's Office to obtain business records transferred to an attorney's possession by a client suspected of criminal wrongdoing. After affording careful consideration to the arguments presented here, we hold that the office of an attorney not suspected...

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