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IN THE OURT OF
OMMON
PLEAS
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY,
ENNSYLVANIA
IN
RE:
THE
HIRTY-FIVE
STATEWIDE
INVESTIGATING
GRAND
JURY
F i l e o i n
S u p r e m e
o u r t
DEC
3
0
z o 1 4
M i d d l e
:
SUPREME
COURT
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
:
NO.197
MM
014
:
MONTGOMERYCOUNTY
OMMON
PLEAS
:
M.D.
2644-2012
:
NOTICE
NO.
123
SEALING
ORDER
AND NOW,
h i s
3 0 t h
day
of December,
2014,
t
i s
h e r e b y
ORDERED,
h a t
t h e
a t t a c h e d Opinion of
December
30, 2014
be f i l e d
under
s e a l
w i t h t h e
Supreme
Court of
P e n n s y l v a n i a u n t i l f u r t h e r
Order
of
h i s
C o u r t .
BY THE
COURT:
WILLIAM R.
CARPEN
R,
J .
Supervising
J ud ge
R e c e i v e d
n
S u p r e m e
C o u r t
DEC 3
0
0 1 4
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FILED
UNDERSEAL
IN THESUPREME
COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE
DISTRICT
I N
RE:
THE
THIRTY-FIFTH
STATEWIDE
INVESTIGATING GRAND
JURY
SUPREME COURT
DOCKET
N O.
197
MM
2014
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
COMMON
PLEAS
NO.
644-2012
OPINION
CARPENTER
J .
DECEMBER 0,
2014
FACTUALAND
PROCEDURAL
HISTORY
On May
29,
2014,
h i s
Court n i t s
c a p a c i t y as
u p e r v i s i n g
Jud ge o f
t h e T h i r t y -
F i f t h
Statewide I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand J u r y ,
found
t h a t
t h e r e
were
reasonable
grounds
o b e l i e v e
a u r t h e r
more u b s t a n t i v e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i n t o
a l l e g a t i o n s
t h a t
s t a t e w i d e Grand
J u r y
secrecy
m a y
have been
compromised w a s
warranted, a n d
on
h a t
date h i s
Court
appointed
Thomas
E.
C a r l u c c i o ,
Esquire a s p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r .
S p e c i f i c a l l y , t h e
M a y 29, 2014
Order
o l l o w e d a n i n camera
proceeding which
e s t a b l i s h e d
t h a t t h e r e
w a s a
l e a k o f
s e c r e t Grand
J u r y
i n f o r m a t i o n
a n d
t h a t
t h e
l e a k
most i k e l y
came rom
t h e
O f f i c e o f
t h e
A t t o r n e y
General.
c c o r d i n g l y ,
determined
t h a t
the appoin tment
f
a S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
w a s
necessary a n d
a p p r o p r i a t e .
ISSUES
Whether h e
appointment f
a S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
w a s r o p e r .
1 1
Whether h e Quo
Warranto A c t i o n i s n o w
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DISCUSSION
The
appointment f a p e c i a l
Prosecutor
w a s
r o p e r .
A t t o r n e y
General
Kathleen K a n e
has i l e d
a Quo Warranto
c t i o n ,
c h a l l e n g i n g
my
c t i o n as he
u p e r v i s i n g
Jud ge o f
the
h i r t y - F i f t h
Statewide
Grand
J u r y ,
t o a p p o i n t a
S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
by
w a y of a n
Order dated
May
9, 2014.
On
h a t
d a t e , S p e c i a l Prosecutor
Thom a s E. a r l u c c i o
w a s appointed t o
conduct a n
i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o
a l l e g a t i o n s t h a t
s t a t e w i d e
Grand
J u r y
secrecy
might
have been compromised,
f t e r
a
p r e l i m i n a r y
i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
My
c t i o n
i n
a p p o i n t i n g
S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
C a r l u c c i o
w a s r o p e r . I t d i d
n o t exceed
my
u t h o r i t y .
My
u t h o r i t y
f o r
t h e
appointment
f a p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r i s based
u p o n t h e
case
o f
I n r e
Dauphin County
F o u r t h
I n v e s t i o a t i n q
Grand J u r y ,
610
a. 296, 19 A.3d
491 (2014). Thi s
case
d e a l t
w i t h the appointment
o f
an s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
i n c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h
a l l e g e d grand
u r y
l e a k s , a n d
the
Court
t a t e d
t h a t , [ w ] h e n t h e r e a r e
c o l o r a b l e
a l l e g a t i o n s
o r
i n d i c a t i o n s t h a t
t h e
s a n c t i t y
o f
t h e
grand
u r y
process has
been breached
a n d
those
a l l e g a t i o n s
warrant
i n v e s t i g a t i o n , t h e
appointment f
a
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r t o
conduct
such
an
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i s
a p p r o p r i a t e .
And, even where h e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n s
o f
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r s
d o
n o t
l e a d t o
p r o s e c u t a b l e
breaches f
secrecy,
hey
m a y
p r o v i d e i n s i g h t
i n t o the
o f t e n - c o m p e t i n g
v a l u e s
a t
s t a k e , a s
e l l a s
guidance
a n d
c o n t e x t
s o
h a t p r o s e c u t o r s a n d
s u p e r v i s i n g judges o n d u c t i n g
f u t u r e proceedings
m a y
e a r n
from t h e examples.
d . a t 504.
The Court x p l a i n e d the i t a l r o l e
a
s u p e r v i s i n g judge n
r e g a r d t o t h e
grand
j u r y
process and emphasized
t h e
W h e v e r y power o f t h e grand
u r y , a n d the secrecy
n
which
t
o p e r a t e s , c a l l f o r
a
t r o n g
j u d i c i a l
h an d n s u p e r v i s i n g
t h e
proceedings d . a t 503. The
Court
f u r t h e r e x p l a i n e d a s o l l o w s :
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We
re cognizant
h a t
the
s u b s t a n t i a l
p o w ers exercised
by
i n v e s t i g a t i n g gra nd
u r i e s ,
a s w e l l a s the
secrecy i n
which the
proceedings
are
conducted,
y i e l d [
]
he
p o t e n t i a l f o r abuses. Th e
safeguards
against
such a b u s e s are
r e f l e c t e d i n the t a t u t o r y
s c h e m e
f
r e g u l a t i o n ,
which
recognizes the
e s s e n t i a l
r o l e
o f the
j u d i c i a r y i n
s u p e r v i s i n g
gra nd
u r y
f u n c t i o n s .
I d .
a t 50 3
504
c i t i n g from I n
r e Twenty-Fourth
Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
J u r y ,
589
Pa .
89,
907
A.2d
505,
512
2006).
Thus,
Pennsylvania's
grand
u r y
process s ' s t r i c t l y
r e g u l a t e d ,
a n d
the
s u p e r v i s i n g
judge has the
i n g u l a r r o l e i n
m a i n t a i n i n g the
c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y o f
gra nd u r y proceedings.
The
u p e r v i s i n g j u d ge
h a s the
c o n t i n u i n g
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
t o
oversee
gra nd
u r y
proceedings, a
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
which i n c l u d e s
i n s u r i n g the
so l emn
oath
o f
secrecy
s
observed
by
l l
p a r t i c i p a n t s .
I d .
a t
504 c i t a t i o n s
a n d i n t e r n a l
q u o t a t i o n
marks
m i t t e d ) .
The
I n r e
Dau phi n
C o u n t y
Court c i t e d
t w o
cases
h a t
i n v o l v e d the
a ppointment f
a
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
w h e n
h e r e w ere a l l e g a t i o n s of
grand
j u r y
l e a k s . The Court
i r s t
c i t e d t o
a
Lackaw a n n a
Common
Pleas
Court case,
n
r e
C o u n t y
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
Jury
V I I I
(Lack. Com.
P I , 2005).
I n
the
Lackaw a n n a
Common Pleas
Court
ca se
h e r e
w ere
a l l e g a t i o n s
made,
i n c l u d i n g ,
t h a t
e - m a i l
commu n icati on s had
been excha n ged
between the
L a c k a w a n n a D i s t r i c t
A t t o r n e y ' s O f f i c e a n d
a
n e w s p a p e r
e p o r t e r
t h a t d i v u l g e d
gra nd u r y
i n f o r m a t i o n ,
t h a t
a
gra nd
j u r y
witness had
been contacted by
the r e p o r t e r
a
h o r t time
a f t e r
the
witness
ap peared b e f o r e
the
grand u r y
a n d w a s
questioned about
r i v a t e
matters
h a t
had
been
d i s c l o s e d o n l y t o the
grand
u r y . I n
r e
Dau phi n
Count y,19
A.3d
a t 504. A
r e l i m i n a r y
review
by the
common
l e a s
c o u r t
judge
v e r i f i e d o n l y the
existence o f the
emails t h a t w ere
exchanged
between
the
r e p o r t e r
a n d a member
f
t h e
D i s t r i c t
A t t o r n e y ' s
o f f i c e
d u r i n g the
time the
gra nd j u r y
was
onducting
the
r e l e v a n t i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
I t
was ba sed u p o n t h i s review
t h a t the
common pleas c o u r t
jud ge
appointed a
p e c i a l
prosecutor
o i n v e s t i g a t e
the
a l l e g a t i o n s
o f a
grand u r y
l e a k . I d .
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The
Pennsylvania S u p r e m e
Court
n
I n r e
Dauphin Count y
c i t e d
an a d d i t i o n a l
example
n v o l v i n g a
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
i n
connection w i t h a l l e g e d
grand
u r y l e a k s a n d
h e
complex
i n t e r e s t a n d
values i m p l i c a t e d i n
a n
appointment
f a n
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r . The
Court
c i t e d t o
C a s t e l l a n i
v . Scranton Times,
598
Pa.
283,
956
A.2d
937
2008).
n
C a s t e l l a n i ,
t h e
s u p e r v i s i n g
judge
p p o i n t e d a
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r t o
i n v e s t i g a t e
a l l e g a t i o n s o f grand
u r y l e a k s
i n
c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h a t a t e w i d e
i n v e s t i g a t i n g
grand u r y tasked
w i t h i n v e s t i g a t i n g
a l l e g a t i o n s o f
abu se
o f
t h e
county
p r i s o n e r s
by
h e
p r i s o n
guards. n r e
Dauphin
Cou n ty,19 A.3d
a t
506.
Not
n l y i s
t h e r e s t r o n g
precedent h a t
p e r m i t s a
s u p e r v i s i n g
judge o a p p o i n t a
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
w h e n
t h e r e
are
a l l e g a t i o n s
o f
grand u r y
l e a k s ;
b u t
a l s o , a t
the
time
appointed the
S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
on
May 29,
2014, by
w a y f a
c o u r t
o r d e r ,
which
w a s
d e l i v e r e d
t o
C h i e f J u s t i c e
Ronald
D.
a s t i l l e ,
wrote a
e t t e r
t o
C h i e f
J u s t i c e
C a s t i l l e .
I n
t h a t
l e t t e r ,
e x p l a i n e d wha t
had
done
a n d
ended t h e
l e t t e r
w i t h t h e
f o l l o w i n g
language,
Please
a d v i s e
i f
you
e e l
t h a t
am
n
e r r o r
o r
have
exceeded
my
u t h o r i t y a s
h e
S u p e r v i s i n g
Grand
J u r y Judge.
See,
x h i b i t A ,
L e t t e r dated
May
29, 2014
o Chief
u s t i c e
C a s t i l l e . A l l o f
my
l e t t e r s t o
C h i e f
J u s t i c e
C a s t i l l e
have
concluded
w i t h
s i m i l a r
language. have
never been
informed
t h a t
e r r e d o r
exceeded
my
u t h o r i t y .
The
u p e r v i s i n g
Judge
o f
a
Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
J u r y
mu st
have
i n h e r e n t
a u t h o r i t y t o
i n v e s t i g a t e
a
grand
u r y l e a k , w h e n
h e r e
i s
a
o n f l i c t o f i n t e r e s t
a s h e r e i s
h e r e .
C l e a r l y , A t t o r n e y
General
K a n e
c o u l d n o t
i n v e s t i g a t e h e r s e l f .
Otherwise
p o t e n t i a l l y
s e r i o u s
v i o l a t i o n s
o f grand
j u r y
secrecy
c o u l d g o
unaddressed.
A c c o r d i n g l y ,
A t t o r n e y
General Kan e's
Quo
Warranto A c t i o n
l a c k s
m e r i t , a n d
should
be
denied.
1 1
The Quo
arranto A c t i o n i s
n o w
moot.
F u r t h e r , b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s Quo
Warranto A c t i o n i s
n o w
moot. On
December 18,
2014,
h e
T h i r t y - F i f t h Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand
J u r y
issued Presentment No.
#60, i n d i n g
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t h a t t h e r e were
reasonable
grounds h a t A t t o r n e y
General K a n e w a s n v o l v e d i n
v i o l a t i o n s
o f
c r i m i n a l
law of
our
C ommon wea l t h, See,
x h i b i t
B , Presentment No. 60, ated
December
18, 2014;
p e c i f i c a l l y ,
P e r j u r y , 18 Pa.C.S.A.
4902,
False
Swearing, 18
Pa.C.S.A. 4903,
O f f i c i a l
Oppression, 18
Pa.C.S.A.
5301
a n d
O b s t r u c t i o n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
o f La w o r Other
Governmental
u n c t i o n , 18
Pa.C.S.A.
5101. Subsequently,
on
December
19,
2014,
e n t e r e d
a n Order
Accepting
Presentment
No. 60.
See,
x h i b i t
C , Order
Accepting
Presentment
No ,
#60,
dated
December
19,
2014.
Furthermore,
r e f e r r e d
the
n t i r e m a t t e r t o
t h e
D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y
o f
Montgomery County o r
a n y p r o s e c u t i o n .
T h e r e f o r e , t h i s
Quo arranto
A c t i o n has been
rendered
moot.
F i n a l l y ,
the
A t t o r n e y
General
has
requested
t o
unseal
h i s
f i l i n g See
A t t o r n e y
General
Kane's Me.
morandurn o f La w
n Support
of
Quo
Warranto c t i o n ,
December 17,
2014,
p .
2, .
1 . I f her
i l i n g
i s
unsealed
t h e n , i n
f a i r n e s s
t o the p u b l i c ,
the m e m b e r s
f t h e
Grand
J u r y ,
a n d
member s f The
f f i c e o f
A t t o r n e y
General,
my
pinion
a n d
E x h i b i t s should
a l s o be
unsealed,
CONCLUSION
r e s p e c t f u l l y
submit
h a t
A t t o r n e y
General
Kane's Quo
Warranto
c t i o n
l a c k s
m e r i t a n d should
be d e n i e d . I n
a d d i t i o n , t
has
been rendered
moot.
BY
THE COURT:
WILLIAM
R.
CARPE TER J .
SUPERVISING
JUDGE
OFTHE
HIRTY-
FIFTH
STATEWIDE INVESTIGATING
GRAND
JURY
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