By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 28, 2017
Pitchmen told victims that an ex-Apple CEO and the "Dog Whisperer" were financial backers in health care and smartphone gaming companies.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 28, 2017
One of the architects of the most notorious judicial crime in Pennsylvania history, "kids-for-cash," has scored a hearing to argue for overturning some of his convictions.
By Greg Land | July 28, 2017
The woman was arrested after Geico accused her of selling a car the insurer paid $1,108 for following a reported wreck.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's request to withdraw a guilty plea where such request was made after defendant learned of the commonwealth's recommended sentence, and defendant's assertion of innocence was not plausible. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
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 Zack Needles | July 28, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that a warrantless blood draw from an unconscious DUI suspect is improper—but the justices had more difficulty reaching a consensus on exactly why that is.
By Ben Seal | July 28, 2017
Criminal defendants do not need to prove a reasonable expectation of privacy in order to suppress evidence collected by police in an illegal search, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
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