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Title: Piscanio Appeal
Author : Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Release Date : January 22, 1975
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 53 KB

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Petitioner appeals to this Court seeking to reinstate his private criminal complaints which, after having been approved at first by an assistant district attorney, were finally disapproved by the district attorney of Northampton County. We hold that a district attorney, having the power to approve or disapprove a private criminal complaint in the first instance, is empowered to withdraw his initial approval when such action is indicated by the circumstances, and we therefore will affirm the order below.