COMMONWEALTH v. LING

No. 156 of 1986.

43 Pa. D. & C. 3d 20 (1987)

Commonwealth v. Ling

Common Pleas Court of Blair County, Pennsylvania.

April 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darlee Sill, assistant district attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Frederick B. Gieg, Jr., for defendants.


SMITH, J., April 21, 1987.

We have before us what our research suggests is a question of first impression in this jurisdiction: Does an error in legal interpretation by the district attorney in disapproving a private criminal complaint warrant the reversal of his decision by a reviewing judge acting pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 133? For the reasons stated below, we hold that such judicial intervention into the...

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