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Supreme Court of the United States

PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner

v.

George F. RITCHIE.

No. 85-1347.

Argued Dec. 3, 1986.

Decided Feb. 24, 1987.

Defendant was convicted before the Court of Com-

mon Pleas, Criminal Division, No. CC7903887A,

Allegheny County, of rape, involuntary sexual in-

tercourse, incest, and corruption of minor, and de-

fendant appealed. The Superior Court, No. 137 Pitt-

sburgh 1981, 324 Pa.Super. 557, 472 A.2d 220, va-

cated and remanded for further proceedings. The

Commonwealth appealed. The Supreme Court of

Pennsylvania, No. 69 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984,

McDermott, J., 509 Pa. 357, 502 A.2d 148, re-

manded. State sought writ of certiorari. The Su-

preme Court, Justice Powell, held that: (1) defend-

ant was entitled to have Pennsylvania Children and

Youth Services file reviewed by trial court to de-

termine whether it contained information that prob-

ably would have changed outcome of trial, and (2)

defense counsel was not entitled to examine confid-

ential information in Children and Youth Services

file. Furthermore, Justice Powell, with the Chief

Justice and two other Justices concurring, and one

Justice concurring in result, held that failure to dis-

close Children and Youth Services file did not viol-

ate the confrontation clause.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for

further proceedings.

Justice Blackmun filed opinion concurring in part

and concurring in judgment.

Justice Brennan, with whom Justice Marshall

joined, filed dissenting opinion.

Justice Stevens, with whom Justices Brennan, Mar-

shall, and Scalia, joined, filed dissenting opinion.

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before rights of parties as to federal issues are re-

solved. 28 U.S.C.A. 1257(3).


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review interlocutory judgment, jurisdiction is prop-

er where federal claim has been finally decided,

with further proceedings on merits in state court to

come, but in which later review of federal issue

could not be had whatever ultimate outcome of

case. 28 U.S.C.A. 1257(3).

[3] Courts 106 99(1)

106 Courts

106II Establishment, Organization, and Proced-ure

106II(G) Rules of Decision

106k99 Previous Decisions in Same Case

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107 S.Ct. 989 Page 1

480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989, 94 L.Ed.2d 40, 55 USLW 4180, 22 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1

(Cite as: 480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989)

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Court's jurisdiction.


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tions Involved

170Bk506 k. Criminal Matters; Habeas

Corpus. Most Cited Cases

Existence of several proceedings in Pennsylvania

courts did not preclude review of issue concerning

extent to which State's interest in confidentiality of

its investigative files concerning child abuse must

yield to criminal defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth

Amendment right to discover favorable evidence,

where Sixth Amendment issue had been finally de-

cided by highest court of Pennsylvania, and unless

Supreme Court reviewed decision, harm that State

sought to avoid, the disclosure of confidential files,

would occur regardless of result on remand.

U.S.C.A. Const.Amends. 6, 14; 28 U.S.C.A. 1257

(3).

[5] Criminal Law 110 662.1

110 Criminal Law

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110XX(C) Reception of Evidence

110k662 Right of Accused to Confront

Witnesses

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Criminal Law 110 662.7

110 Criminal Law

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Witnesses

110k662.7 k. Cross-Examination and

Impeachment. Most Cited Cases

Confrontation clause provides two types of protec-

tion for criminal defendant: right physically to face

those who testify against him, and right to conduct

cross-examination. (Per Justice Powell, with the

Chief Justice and two Justices concurring and one

Justice concurring in result.) U.S.C.A.

Const.Amend. 6.

[6] Witnesses 410 372(1)

410 Witnesses

410IV Credibility and Impeachment

410IV(C) Interest and Bias of Witness

410k372 Cross-Examination to Show In-

terest or Bias

410k372(1) k. In General. Most Cited

Cases

Right to cross-examine includes opportunity to

show that witness is biased, or that testimony is ex-

aggerated or unbelievable. (Per Justice Powell, with



Const.Amend. 6.


110 Criminal Law

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Witnesses

110k662.4 k. Failure to Produce or

Disclose Witnesses or Evidence. Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 110k662.1)

Confrontation clause is not constitutionally com-

pelled rule of pretrial discovery. (Per Justice Pow-

ell, with Chief Justice and two Justices concurring

and one Justice concurring in result.) U.S.C.A.

Const.Amend. 6.


110 Criminal Law

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Witnesses



Right of confrontation is trial right, designed to pre-

vent improper restrictions on types of questions that

defense counsel may ask during cross-examination.

(Per Justice Powell, with Chief Justice and two

Justices concurring and one Justice concurring in

result.) U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 6.

[9] Criminal Law 110 627.6(1)

110 Criminal Law

110XX Trial

110XX(A) Preliminary Proceedings

110k627.5 Discovery Prior to and Incid-

ent to Trial

110k627.6 Information or Things, Dis-

closure of

110k627.6(1) k. In General. Most

Cited Cases

Criminal Law 110 1999

110 Criminal Law

110XXXI Counsel

110XXXI(D) Duties and Obligations of Pro-

secuting Attorneys

110XXXI(D)2 Disclosure of Information

110k1993 Particular Types of Informa-

tion Subject to Disclosure

110k1999 k. Impeaching Evidence.

Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 110k700(2.1), 110k700(2))

Ability to question adverse witnesses does not in-

clude power to require pretrial disclosure of any

and all information that might be useful in contra-

dicting unfavorable testimony. (Per Justice Powell,

with Chief Justice and two Justices concurring and

one Justice concurring in result.) U.S.C.A.Const.Amend. 6.


110 Criminal Law

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Witnesses

110k662.1 k. In General. Most Cited

Cases

Criminal Law 110 662.7

110 Criminal Law

110XX Trial



Witnesses



Normally right to confront one's accusers is satis-

fied if defense counsel receives wide latitude at tri-

al to question witnesses. (Per Justice Powell, with



Const.Amend. 6.


110 Criminal Law

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Witnesses



Confrontation clause only guarantees opportunity

for effective cross-examination, not cross-

examination that is effective in whatever way, and

to whatever extent, defense might wish. (Per Justice

Powell, with Chief Justice and two Justices concur-

ring and one Justice concurring in result.) U.S.C.A.

Const.Amend. 6.


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(Cite as: 480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989)

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8/9/2019 Penn v. Richie 480 U.S. 39

4/29

110k662.4 k. Failure to Produce or

Disclose Witnesses or Evidence. Most Cited Cases

Confrontation clause was not violated by withhold-

ing Pennsylvania Children and Youth Services'

child abuse investigative file from defendant; de-

fense counsel was able to cross-examine all trial

witnesses fully. (Per Justice Powell, with Chief

Justice and two Justices concurring and one Justice

concurring in result.) U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 6.

[13] Witnesses 410 2(1)

410 Witnesses

410I In General

410k2 Right of Accused to Compulsory Pro-

cess

410k2(1) k. In General. Most Cited Cases

Criminal defendants have right under compulsory

process clause to government's assistance in com-

pelling attendance of favorable witnesses at trial

and right to put before jury evidence that might in-

fluence determination of guilt. U.S.C.A.

Const.Amend. 6.

[14] Witnesses 410 2(1)

410 Witnesses

410I In General

410k2 Right of Accused to Compulsory Pro-

cess

410k2(1) k. In General. Most Cited Cases

Sixth Amendment compulsory process provides no

greater protection in areas governing defendant's

right to discover identity of witnesses, or to require

government to produce exculpatory evidence, than

protections afforded by due process. U.S.C.A.

Const.Amends. 6, 14.

[15] Criminal Law 110 1992

110 Criminal Law

110XXXI Counsel


secuting Attorneys


110k1992 k. Materiality and Probable

Effect of Information in General. Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 110k700(2.1), 110k700(2))

Government has obligation to turn over evidence in

its possession that is both favorable to accused and

material to guilt or punishment. U.S.C.A.

Const.Amends. 5, 14.


110 Criminal Law

110XXXI Counsel


secuting Attorneys


110k1992 k. Materiality and Probable

Effect of Information in General. Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 110k700(2.1), 110k700(2))

Evidence is material to guilt or punishment only if

there is reasonable probability that, had evidence

been disclosed to defense, result of proceeding

would have been different.

[17] Privileged Communications and Confidenti-

ality 311H 376

311H Privileged Communications and Confidenti-

ality

311HVI Public Officers and Records

311Hk376 k. Juvenile Records. Most Cited

Cases

(Formerly 110k627.5(6))

Public interest in protecting sensitive information

such as that in Pennsylvania Children and Youth

Services child abuse records does not necessarily

prevent disclosure in all circumstances.

[18] Criminal Law 110 627.8(4)

110 Criminal Law

110XX Trial



ent to Trial

110k627.8 Proceedings to Obtain Dis-

closure

110k627.8(4) k. Examination by

107 S.Ct. 989 Page 4


(Cite as: 480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989)

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Court; Inspection in Camera. Most Cited Cases

Criminal Law 110 914

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liminary Proceedings. Most Cited Cases

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Defendant charged with child abuse was entitled to

have Pennsylvania Children and Youth Services file

reviewed by trial court to determine whether file

contained information that probably would have

changed outcome of his trial; furthermore, if file

did contain such information, defendant was en-

titled to new trial, but, if records contained no such

information, or if nondisclosure was harmless bey-

ond reasonable doubt, lower court would be free to

reinstate prior conviction. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend.

14.

[19] Criminal Law 110 627.6(2)

110 Criminal Law

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ent to Trial


closure of

110k627.6(2) k. Documents or Tan-

gible Objects. Most Cited Cases

Criminal Law 110 627.6(6)

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closure of

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Cited Cases

Defendant's right to discover exculpatory evidence

does not include unsupervised authority to search

through Commonwealth's files and make determin-

ation as to materiality of information. U.S.C.A.

Const.Amend. 14.

[20] Criminal Law 110 627.8(4)

110 Criminal Law

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ent to Trial

110k627.8 Proceedings to Obtain Dis-

closure

110k627.8(4) k. Examination by

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(Formerly 110k627.5(6))

Interest of defendant charged with child abuse, as

well as that of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in

insuring fair trial could be fully protected by requir-

ing that Pennsylvania Children and Youth Services

child abuse file be submitted only to trial court for

in camera review; to allow full disclosure to de-

fense counsel of file would sacrifice unnecessarilyCommonwealth's compelling interest of protecting

child abuse information.


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(Cite as: 480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989)

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110XXXI Counsel


secuting Attorneys


110k2007 k. Time and Manner of Re-

quired Disclosure. Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 110k700(2.1), 110k700(5),

110k700(2))

Duty to disclose exculpatory information is ongo-

ing.

*39 **991 SyllabusFN*

FN* The syllabus constitutes no part of the

opinion of the Court but has been prepared

by the Reporter of Decisions for the con-

venience of the reader. See United States v.

Detroit Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321, 337, 26

S.Ct. 282, 287, 50 L.Ed. 499.

Respondent was charged with various sexual of-

fenses against his minor daughter. The matter was

referred to the Children and Youth Services (CYS),

a protective service agency established by

Pennsylvania to investigate cases of suspected child

mistreatment and neglect. During pretrial discov-

ery, respondent served CYS with a subpoena, seek-

ing access to the records related to the immediatecharges, as well as certain earlier records compiled

when CYS investigated a separate report that re-

spondent's children were being abused. CYS re-

fused to comply with the subpoena, claiming that

the records were privileged under a Pennsylvania

statute which provides that all CYS records must be

kept confidential, subject to specified exceptions.

One of the exceptions is that **992 CYS may dis-

close reports to a court of competent jurisdiction

pursuant to a court order. At an in-chambers hear-

ing in the trial court, respondent argued that he was

entitled to the information because the CYS filemight contain the names of favorable witnesses, as

well as other, unspecified exculpatory evidence. Al-

though the trial judge did not examine the entire

CYS file, he refused to order disclosure. At the tri-

al, which resulted in respondent's conviction by a

jury, the main witness against him was his daugh-

ter, who was cross-examined at length by defense

counsel. On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior

Court held that the failure to disclose the daughter's

statements contained in the CYS file violated the

Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The

court vacated the conviction and remanded for fur-

ther proceedings to determine whether a new trial

should be granted. On the State's appeal, the

Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that, by denying

access to the CYS file, the trial court order had vi-

olated both the Confrontation and the Compulsory

Process Clauses of the Sixth Amendment, and that

the conviction must be vacated and the case re-

manded to determine if a new trial was necessary.

The court concluded that defense counsel was en-

titled to review the entire file for any useful evid-ence.

Held: The judgment is affirmed in part and re-

versed in part, and the case is remanded.

509 Pa. 357, 502 A.2d 148 (1985), affirmed in part,

reversed in part, and remanded.

Justice POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court

as to Parts I, II, III-B, III-C, and IV, concluding

that:

*40 1. This Court does not lack jurisdiction on the

ground that the decision below is not a final judg-

ment or decree, as required by 28 U.S.C. 1257

(3). Although this Court has no jurisdiction to re-

view an interlocutory judgment, jurisdiction is

proper where a federal claim has been finally de-

cided, with further proceedings on the merits in the

state courts to come, but in which later review of

the federal issue cannot be had whatever the ulti-

mate outcome of the case. Here, the Sixth Amend-

ment issue will not survive for this Court to review

regardless of the outcome of the proceedings on re-mand. The Sixth Amendment issue has been finally

decided by the highest court of Pennsylvania, and

unless this Court reviews that decision, the harm

that the State seeks to avoid-the disclosure of the

confidential file-will occur regardless of the result

on remand. Pp. 996-998.

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2. Criminal defendants have the right under the

Compulsory Process Clause to the government's as-

sistance in compelling the attendance of favorable

witnesses at trial and the right to put before a jury

evidence that might influence the determination of

guilt. However, this Court has never held that the

Clause guarantees the right to discover the identity

of witnesses, or to require the government to pro-

duce exculpatory evidence. Instead, claims such as

respondent's traditionally have been evaluated un-

der the broader protections of the Due Process

Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Compulsory

process provides no greater protections in this area

than those afforded by due process, and thus re-

spondent's claims more properly are considered by

reference to due process. Pp. 1000-1001.

3. Under due process principles, the government

has the obligation to turn over evidence in its pos-

session that is both favorable to the accused and

material to guilt or punishment. Evidence is materi-

al only if there is a reasonable probability that, had

the evidence been disclosed, the result of the pro-

ceeding would have been different. Although the

public interest in protecting sensitive information

such as that in CYS records is strong, this interest

does not necessarily prevent disclosure in all cir-

cumstances. Because the Pennsylvania Legislaturecontemplated some use of CYS records in judicial

proceedings, there is no reason to believe that rel-

evant information would not be disclosed when a

court of competent jurisdiction determined that the

information was material to the accused's**993

defense. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court thus

properly ordered a remand for further proceedings.

Respondent is entitled to have the CYS file re-

viewed by the trial court to determine whether it

contains information that probably would have

changed the outcome of his trial. If it does, he must

be given a new trial. If the CYS file contains no

such information, or if the nondisclosure is harm-

less beyond a reasonable doubt, the trial court will

be free to reinstate the prior conviction. Pp.

1001-1002.

*41 4. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in

holding that defense counsel must be allowed to ex-

amine the confidential information. A defendant's

right to discover exculpatory evidence does not in-

clude the unsupervised authority to search the

State's files and make the determination as to the

materiality of the information. Both respondent's

and the State's interests in ensuring a fair trial can

be protected fully by requiring that the CYS files be

submitted only to the trial court for in camera re-

view. To allow full disclosure to defense counsel in

this type of case would sacrifice unnecessarily the

State's compelling interest in protecting its child ab-

use information. Pp. 1002-1004.

Justice POWELL, joined by THE CHIEFJUSTICE, Justice WHITE, and Justice

O'CONNOR, concluded in Part III-A that the

Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in holding that

the failure to disclose the CYS file violated the

Confrontation Clause. There is no merit to respond-

ent's claim that by denying him access to the in-

formation necessary to prepare his defense, the trial

court interfered with his right of cross-examination

guaranteed by the Clause. Respondent argued that

he could not effectively question his daughter be-

cause, without the CYS material, he did not know

which types of questions would best expose theweaknesses in her testimony. However, the Con-

frontation Clause is not a constitutionally com-

pelled rule of pretrial discovery. The right of con-

frontation is a trial right, guaranteeing an opportun-

ity for effective cross-examination, not cross-

examination that is effective in whatever way and

to whatever extent the defense might wish. Pp.

998-1000.

Justice BLACKMUN concluded that the Confronta-

tion Clause may be relevant to limitations placed on

a defendant's pretrial discovery. There may well be

a confrontation violation if, as here, a defendant is

denied pretrial access to information that would

make possible effective cross-examination of a cru-

cial prosecution witness. A State cannot avoid Con-

frontation Clause problems simply by deciding to

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hinder the defendant's right to effective cross-

examination, on the basis of a desire to protect the

confidentiality interests of a particular class of indi-

viduals, at the pretrial, rather than at the trial, stage.

However, the procedure the Court has set out for

the lower court to follow on remand is adequate to

address any confrontation problem. Pp. 1004-1006.

POWELL, J., announced the judgment of the Court

and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect

to Parts I, II , III-B, III-C, and IV, in which

REHNQUIST, C.J., and WHITE, BLACKMUN,

and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined, and an opinion with

respect to Part III-A, in which REHNQUIST, C.J.,

and WHITE and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined. BLACK-

MUN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part andconcurring in the judgment, post, p. ---. BREN-

NAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which MAR-

SHALL, J., joined, *42 post, p. ---. STEVENS, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion, in which BRENNAN,

MARSHALL, and SCALIA, JJ., joined, post, p.

1009.

Edward Marcus Clark argued the cause for peti-

tioner. With him on the briefs was Robert L. Eber-

hardt.

John H. Corbett, Jr., by invitation of the Court, 478

U.S. 1019, argued the cause and filed a brief asamicus curiae in support of the judgment below.

With him on the brief was Lester G. Nauhaus.*

* Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed

for the State of California et al. by John K. Van de

Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assist-

ant Attorney General, Arnold Overoye, Assistant

Attorney General, Joel Carey, Supervising Deputy

Attorney General, and Karen Ziskind, Deputy At-

torney General, and by the Attorneys General for

their respective States as follows: Duane Woodard

of Colorado, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut,Corinne Watanabe, Acting Attorney General of

Hawaii, Neil F. Hartigan of Illinois, Linley E.

Pearson of Indiana, David Armstrong of Kentucky,

William J. Guste, Jr., of Louisiana, James E. Tier-

ney of Maine, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Min-

nesota, Edwin L. Pittman of Mississippi, Michael

Greely of Montana, Stephen E. Merrill of New

Hampshire, Lacy H. Thornburg of North Carolina,

Mike Turpen of Oklahoma, LeRoy S. Zimmerman of

Pennsylvania, Mike Cody of Tennessee, David L.

Wilkinson of Utah, Jeffrey L. Amestoy of Vermont,

William A. Broadus of Virginia, Kenneth O. Eiken-

berry of Washington, Charlie Brown of West Vir-

ginia, and Archie G. McClintock of Wyoming; for

the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on behalf

of Allegheny County Children and Youth Services

by George M. Janocsko and Robert L. McTiernan;

for the Appellate Committee of the District Attor-

neys Association of California by Ira Reiner, Harry

B. Sondheim, and Arnold T. Guminski; for the

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape et al. by

Nancy D. Wasser; and for the Sunny von BulowNational Victim Advocacy Center, Inc., et al. by

Frank Gamble Carrington, Jr., David Crump, and

Ann M. Haralambie.

Justice POWELL announced the judgment of the

Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with

respect to Parts I, II, III-B, III-C, and IV, and an

opinion with respect to Part III-A, in which THE

CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice WHITE, and Justice

O'CONNOR join.

The question presented in this case is whether and

to what extent a State's interest**994 in the confid-

entiality of its investigative*43 files concerning

child abuse must yield to a criminal defendant's

Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to discover

favorable evidence.

I

As part of its efforts to combat child abuse, the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has established

Children and Youth Services (CYS), a protective

service agency charged with investigating cases of

suspected mistreatment and neglect. In 1979, re-

spondent George Ritchie was charged with rape, in-

voluntary deviate sexual intercourse, incest, and

corruption of a minor. The victim of the alleged at-

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tacks was his 13-year-old daughter, who claimed

that she had been assaulted by Ritchie two or three

times per week during the previous four years. The

girl reported the incidents to the police, and the

matter then was referred to the CYS.

During pretrial discovery, Ritchie served CYS with

a subpoena, seeking access to the records concern-

ing the daughter. Ritchie requested disclosure of the

file related to the immediate charges, as well as cer-

tain records that he claimed were compiled in 1978,

when CYS investigated a separate report by an

unidentified source that Ritchie's children were be-

ing abused.FN1

CYS refused to comply with the

subpoena, claiming that the records were privileged

under Pennsylvania law. The relevant statuteprovides that all reports and other information ob-

tained in the course of a CYS investigation must be

kept confidential, subject to 11 specific exceptions.FN2

One of those exceptions is that the agency may

*44 disclose the reports to a court of competent

jurisdiction pursuant to a court order.

Pa.Stat.Ann., Tit. 11, 2215(a)(5) (Purdon

Supp.1986).

FN1. Although the 1978 investigation took

place during the period that the daughter

claimed she was being molested, it is un-disputed that the daughter did not tell CYS

about the assaults at that time. No criminal

charges were filed as a result of this earlier

investigation.

FN2. The statute provides in part:

(a) Except as provided in section 14 [

Pa.Stat.Ann., Tit. 11, 2214 (Purdon

Supp.1986) ], reports made pursuant to

this act including but not limited to re-

port summaries of child abuse ... andwritten reports ... as well as any other in-

formation obtained, reports written or

photographs or X-rays taken concerning

alleged instances of child abuse in the

possession of the department, a county

children and youth social service agency

or a child protective service shall be con-

fidential and shall only be made avail-

able to:

(5) A court of competent jurisdiction

pursuant to a court order. Pa.Stat.Ann.,

Tit. 11, 2215(a) (Purdon Supp.1986).

At the time of trial the statute only

provided five exceptions to the general

rule of confidentiality, including the ex-

ception for court-ordered disclosure. The

statute was amended in 1982 to increase

the number of exceptions. For example,

the records now may be revealed to law

enforcement officials for use in criminal

investigations. 2215(a)(9). But, the

identity of a person who reported the ab-

use or who cooperated in the investiga-

tion may not be released if the disclosure

would be detrimental to that person's

safety. 2215(c).

Ritchie moved to have CYS sanctioned for failing

to honor the subpoena, and the trial court held a

hearing on the motion in chambers. Ritchie argued

that he was entitled to the information because the

file might contain the names of favorable witnesses,

as well as other, unspecified exculpatory evidence.

He also requested disclosure of a medical report

that he believed was compiled during the 1978 CYS

investigation. Although the trial judge acknow-

ledged that he had not examined the entire CYS

file, he accepted a CYS representative's assertion

that there was no medical report in the record.FN3

The judge then denied the motion and refused to or-

der CYS to disclose the files.FN4

See App. 72a.

FN3. The trial judge stated that he did not

read 50 pages or more of an extensive re-

cord. App. 72a. The judge had no know-

ledge of the case before the pretrial hear-

ing. See id., at 68a.

FN4. There is no suggestion that the Com-

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monwealth's prosecutor was given access

to the file at any point in the proceedings,

or that he was aware of its contents.

**995 At trial, the main witness against Ritchie was

his daughter. In an attempt to rebut her testimony,

defense counsel *45 cross-examined the girl at

length, questioning her on all aspects of the alleged

attacks and her reasons for not reporting the incid-

ents sooner. Except for routine evidentiary rulings,

the trial judge placed no limitation on the scope of

cross-examination. At the close of trial Ritchie was

convicted by a jury on all counts, and the judge

sentenced him to 3 to 10 years in prison.

On appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court,

Ritchie claimed, inter alia, that the failure to dis-

close the contents of the CYS file violated the Con-

frontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, as ap-

plied to the States through the Due Process Clause

of the Fourteenth Amendment.FN5

The court

agreed that there had been a constitutional viola-

tion, and accordingly vacated the conviction and re-

manded for further proceedings. 324 Pa.Super. 557,

472 A.2d 220 (1984). The Superior Court ruled,

however, that the right of confrontation did not en-

title Ritchie to the full disclosure that he sought. It

held that on remand, the trial judge first was to ex-amine the confidential material in camera, and re-

lease only the verbatim statements made by the

daughter to the CYS counselor. But the full record

then was to be made available to Ritchie's lawyer,

for the limited purpose of allowing him to argue the

relevance of the statements. The court stated that

the prosecutor also should be allowed to argue that

the failure to disclose the statements was harmless

error. If the trial judge determined that the lack of

information was prejudicial,*46 Ritchie would be

entitled to a new trial. Id., at 567-568, 472 A.2d, at

226.

FN5. The Sixth Amendment of the United

States Constitution protects both the right

of confrontation and the right of compuls-

ory process:

In all criminal prosecutions, the ac-

cused shall enjoy the right ... to be con-

fronted with the witnesses against him;

[and] to have compulsory process for ob-

taining witnesses in his favor.

Both Clauses are made obligatory on the

States by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400, 403-406,

85 S.Ct. 1065, 1067-1069, 13 L.Ed.2d

923 (1965) (Confrontation Clause);

Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14,

17-19, 87 S.Ct. 1920, 1922-1923, 18

L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967) (Compulsory Pro-

cess Clause).

On appeal by the Commonwealth, the Supreme

Court of Pennsylvania agreed that the conviction

must be vacated and the case remanded to determ-

ine if a new trial is necessary. 509 Pa. 357, 502

A.2d 148 (1985). But the court did not agree that

the search for material evidence must be limited to

the daughter's verbatim statements. Rather, it con-

cluded that Ritchie, through his lawyer, is entitled

to review the entire file to search for any useful

evidence.FN6

It stated: When materials gathered

become an arrow of inculpation, the person inculp-

ated has a fundamental constitutional right to exam-ine the provenance of the arrow and he who aims

it. Id., at 367, 502 A.2d, at 153. The Pennsylvania

Court concluded that by denying access to the file,

the trial court order had violated both the Confront-

ation Clause and the Compulsory Process Clause.

The court was unpersuaded by the Commonwealth's

argument that the trial judge already had examined

the file and determined that it contained no relevant

information. It ruled that the constitutional infirm-

ity in the trial court's order was that Ritchie was un-

lawfully denied the opportunity to have the records

reviewed by the eyes and the perspective of an ad-

vocate, who may see relevance in places that a

neutral judge would not. Ibid.

FN6. The court noted that the trial court

should take appropriate steps to guard

against improper dissemination of the con-

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