Audiotapes Heard at Preliminary Criminal Hearings Are Regarded as Public Judicial Records Subject to the Presumption of Openness Associated with Criminal Trials and Are Accessible to the Public for Duplication: Commonwealth v. Upshur

Authors

Nicole L. Klos

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an audiotape played at a public preliminary criminal hearing was a public judicial record or document; therefore, it is subject to the presumption of openness, and the public is entitled to have access to review and copy such evidence.

Commonwealth v. Upshur, 924 A.2d 642 (Pa. 2007).

First Page

657

Recommended Citation

Nicole L. Klos, Audiotapes Heard at Preliminary Criminal Hearings Are Regarded as Public Judicial Records Subject to the Presumption of Openness Associated with Criminal Trials and Are Accessible to the Public for Duplication: Commonwealth v. Upshur, 46 Duq. L. Rev. 657 (2008).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol46/iss4/7