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COM. EX REL. DIST. ATTY. OF BLAIR COUNTY

880 A.2d 568 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Acting by and Through the DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BLAIR COUNTY In re Randy Buchanan Appeal of the Altoona Mirror.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kelly, Esq., for The Altoona Mirror.

David C. Gorman, Esq., Jackie Atherton Bernard, Hollidaysburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

James Robert Gilmore, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This Court granted discretionary review to determine whether an autopsy report of a homicide victim, which a county's Coroner is required to disclose to the public under the Pennsylvania Coroner's Act ("Act"), see 16 P.S. §§ 1231-1253, can be sealed by court order at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's request because of an ongoing police criminal investigation of the homicide. The trial court, finding that...

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