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YURGOSKY v. COM., ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

554 Pa. 533 (1998)

722 A.2d 631

Donald A. YURGOSKY, District Justice, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. McHale, Scranton, for Donald A. Yurgosky, D.J.

Howard H. Holmes for Adm. Office of Pa. Courts.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This appeal raises issues of first impression regarding the entitlement of a member of the unified judicial system to be reimbursed for attorney's fees when he is charged with criminal misconduct arising out of the performance of his official duties and is subsequently acquitted.

Appellant, Donald A. Yurgosky, is an elected district justice of District Court No. 45-3-04 in Lackawanna County. On September 9, 1991,...

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