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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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