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COMMONWEALTH v. GRIFFIN

No. 130 EM 2007.

946 A.2d 668 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel., PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL Tom CORBETT and Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, Petitioners v. Deborah Shelton GRIFFIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Noah Kramer, Esq., PA Office of Attorney General, Ronald Eisenberg, Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Samuel C. Stretton, Esq., Law Office of Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for Deborah Shelton Griffin.

CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General and the Philadelphia County District Attorney have filed a petition in quo warranto directed to this Court's original jurisdiction, naming Judge Deborah S. Griffin of the Philadelphia Municipal Court as Respondent, and seeking her removal from office. The primary issue raised is whether Respondent's felony convictions for fraudulently procuring a credit card constitute "infamous crimes...

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