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IN RE HICKSON

821 A.2d 1238 (2003)

In re Isaac HICKSON, Appeal of Leon A. Williams, Esquire. In re Robert MARTINEZ, Appeal of Leon A. Williams, Esquire.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Williams, Philadelphia, for Leon Williams.

Hugh J. Burns, Catherine Lynn Marshall, Richard A. Sprague, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

At issue in these appeals is who has standing to seek judicial review of a district attorney's disapproval of his private criminal complaint. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the orders of the Superior Court.

On September 26, 1997, state parole agents Isaac Hickson ("Hickson") and Robert Martinez ("Martinez") shot and killed Kenneth Griffin ("Griffin") while...

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