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Pennyslvania High Court: Preliminary Hearing Records Are Public

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· Story link The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that audio tapes played at a preliminary hearing are public records and…

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that audio tapes played at a preliminary hearing are public records and should be released to the public on request. The 6-1 decision involved a request by a television for tapes of a phone conversation between two romantic rivals later involved in a fatal car crash. (6/22/07)

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