She was involved as the men were being investigated for an alleged cover-up of child sex abuse complaints regarding Jerry Sandusky.
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Oral arguments are scheduled today in Superior Court in Harrisburg in the cases of former university president Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz.
The appellate court file is sealed, so the precise nature of the legal dispute is somewhat clouded. Attorneys for the former Penn State administrators insist their clients were consistently under the impression Baldwin was also acting as their individual representation while Baldwin, and the Attorney General’s office, maintain she only represented the three as a member of the university team.
The appeal focuses on a ruling in January by Dauphin County Common Pleas Judge Todd Hoover that Baldwin represented the university and therefore could testify against them.
Hoover ruled that Baldwin had represented the three as university employees and that they were not denied the right to legal counsel.
Attorneys for the three could not be reached Monday.
Schultz, Curley, and Spanier have been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, amidst other charges.
Authorities allege the trio conspired to lie about, cover up and fail to report Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children.
The three school officials are accused of lying to a grand jury when they said they were unaware of a 1998 allegation that Sandusky had showered with a boy.
The panel, led by Judge Mary Bowes, constantly probed defense attorneys and deputy attorney general Amy Zapp on the theme of attorney/client privilege.
A three-judge Superior Court panel will hear the three arguments, which could occur in late morning or early afternoon.
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Sandusky, 71, is serving a prison sentence of 30 to 60 years for molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period, some in the campus football showers. They are free on bail, and none was in the courtroom Tuesday.
