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· 4/11/1980

Commonwealth v. Eisemann

Citations

  • 419 A.2d 591
  • 276 Pa. Super. 543
  • 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2323

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • prosecutorial discretion to disapprove private criminal complaint should not be disturbed absent gross abuse of discretion
  • prosecutorial discretion to disapprove private criminal complaint should not be disturbed absent gross abuse of discretion
  • \This discretionary power of the District Attorney in determining whether prosecution shall be commenced or maintained may well depend on matters of policy wholly separate and apart from the existence or nonexistence of probable cause.\
  • “This discretionary power of the District Attorney in determining whether prosecution shall be commenced or maintained may well depend on matters of policy wholly separate and apart from the existence or nonexistence of probable cause.”
  • broad discretionary power to determine whether prosecutions shall be commenced or maintained
  • broad discretionary power to determine whether prosecutions shall be commenced or maintained

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cercone, Wieand, Louik

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