Pennsylvania's Common Law and the United States Constitution Provide Members of the Press with a Right of Access to Names but Not Addresses of Jurors Impaneled in a Criminal Trial: Commonwealth v. Long

Authors

Amy Nicoletti

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the common-law right of access to criminal trial proceedings did not extend to impaneled jurors' names or addresses, but the First Amendment to the United States Constitution provided a qualified right of access to jurors' names only.

Commonwealth v. Long, 922 A.2d 892 (Pa. 2007).

First Page

641

Recommended Citation

Amy Nicoletti, Pennsylvania's Common Law and the United States Constitution Provide Members of the Press with a Right of Access to Names but Not Addresses of Jurors Impaneled in a Criminal Trial: Commonwealth v. Long, 46 Duq. L. Rev. 641 (2008).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol46/iss4/6