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IN RE BURKE

741 A.2d 756 (1999)

In re Petition and Order to have Patricia A. BURKE Submit to a Handwriting Exemplar. Appeal of Patricia Burke, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Party.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Burke, appellant pro se.

John J. Notarianni, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dunmore, for Com. participating party.

Before CAVANAUGH, LALLY-GREEN and BROSKY, JJ.

CAVANAUGH, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal is from an order requiring appellant to submit a handwriting exemplar to the Commonwealth. We find the court acted beyond its authority and, therefore, reverse.

¶ 2 The certified record shows that the Commonwealth filed a petition for handwriting exemplar on December 4, 1998. It alleged that since March, 1998, state senator Robert Mellow was in receipt of periodic correspondence sent by mail to his home. The Commonwealth...

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