By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 3, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has revised rules on the collection of electronic data sought by means of search warrant, endeavoring to clear up any potential confusion in the language of the existing rule.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | August 2, 2017
Veteran death penalty defense attorney Jimmy Berry of Marietta closed the book on his last open capital murder case Tuesday.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | August 2, 2017
The U.S. Senate confirmed a new judge Tuesday for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Birmingham lawyer Kevin Newsom will fill a vacant seat on the Atlanta-based court that handles federal appeals for Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The vote was 66-31.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | August 2, 2017
Seven years of attempts to prosecute ended Tuesday with a court order committing him to a state prison hospital indefinitely, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced.
By Michael Booth | August 1, 2017
Criminal defendants in New Jersey facing pretrial detention under the state's new bail system do not have an automatic right to confront witnesses at their hearings, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
Police had reasonable suspicion to investigate, pursuant to a potential violation of the statutory duty to report a crashed vehicle, whether the operator of that vehicle was in a second vehicle stopped by police, since the second vehicle stopped on the same stretch of deserted roadway long enough to pick someone up, and was registered to an individual sharing the same last name as the operator of the crashed vehicle. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
The commonwealth was required to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a juvenile offender was incapable of rehabilitation for a sentencing court to impose a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Judgment of sentence reversed, case remanded for resentencing.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
Trial court erroneously permitted commonwealth to reinstate dismissed charge at the beginning of trial without notice to defendant, and further erred by granting the commonwealth's motion at the close of evidence, thereby depriving defendant of opportunity to prepare and present defense to reinstated charge. Judgment of sentence reversed, charge dismissed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
The trial court properly held that defendant was not entitled to the suppression of a certain evidence, i.e., a handgun and packets of crack cocaine he discarded during his flight from police where the facts supported the court's conclusion that police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant. The court affirmed an order denying defendant's motion to suppress.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 27, 2017
Defendant Entitled to Drug Court Expungement Where Convictions During Special Probation Were for Offenses Committed Prior to Drug Court Sentencing
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