COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Victim Privacy Juror Background Research Media Broadcasting
Commonwealth v. Sandusky, PICS Case No. 12-1074 (C.P. Centre June 4, 2012) Cleland, Sr.J. (21 pages).
The common pleas court denied motions by several of defendant’s alleged victims to use pseudonyms, denied defendant’s motion for discovery of the commonwealth’s juror background research and amended an existing decorum order to prohibit members of the media from using electronic devices to tweet or text during proceedings.
