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GRIMAUD v. COM.

No. 126 MAP 2002.

865 A.2d 835 (2005)

Gerald C. GRIMAUD, John G. Bergdoll, and Matthew R. Battersby, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Honorable Yvette Kane, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Appellee, John M. Perzel, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senator Robert C. Jubelirer, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew R. Battersby, Esq., John G. Bergdoll, Esq., Gerald C. Grimaud, Esq., Fairfield, for et al Grimaud.

Gerald J. Pappert, Esq., J. Bart DeLone, Esq., John G. Knorr, III, Esq., Calvin R. Koons, Esq., John T. Henderson, Jr., Harrisburg, for Hon. Yvette Kane, Sec. of the Com.

Jason K. Cohen, Esq., Jonathan F. Bloom, Esq., C. Clark Hodgson, Esq., Philadelphia, for John Perzel, Speaker of the House and Senator Robert Jubelirer.

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

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

In the 1998 general election, the majority of the electorate approved amendments to Article I, § 6 (trial by jury) and Article I, § 14 (prisoners to be bailable; habeas corpus) of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Article I, § 14 (prisoners to be bailable; habeas corpus):

Before amendment, Article I, § 14 provided:

All prisoners...

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