Application Edward G. Biester v. Richard L. Thornburgh - Supreme Court of South Dakota

Application Edward G. Biester v. Richard L. Thornburgh

By Supreme Court of South Dakota

  • Release Date: 1979-12-26
  • Genre: Law

Description

Pursuant to the Investigating Grand Jury Act, Act of November 22, 1978, P.L. 1148 No. 271, ?? 1 et seq., 19 P.S. ?? 265 et seq. [Hereinafter: 19 P.S. ? 265], the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, Edward G. Biester, Jr., filed with the Prothonotary of this Court at 91 E.D.Misc.Dkt.1979 an "application requesting an order directing that a multicounty investigating grand jury having statewide jurisdiction be summoned." Pursuant to 19 P.S. ? 268, the application was presented to me, as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and I, on July 2, 1979, entered an order which, inter alia, directed the summonsing and convening of a multi-county investigating grand jury with statewide jurisdiction.