By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
In this dependency proceeding, father's failure to adequately address his child's mental health needs met the criteria for placing the child in a residential facility, which was the least restrictive placement.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Sentence did not violate constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment where it was not grossly disproportionate to convicted crimes, nor would it inhibit defendant's access to allegedly necessary mental health treatment. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Under the "plain feel doctrine," police had probable cause to arrest defendant where the arresting officer frisked him and detected what he immediately recognized as narcotic packaging hidden in defendant's groin area. The court denied defendant's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress evidence.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
In connection with criminal charges for possession of firearms, defendant waived his argument regarding his constitutional right to bear arms by failing to raise it in his pretrial motion. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss the remaining firearms charges because the trial on the firearms matters was properly severed from the trial on the drug charges.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Prior inconsistent recorded statement about defendant's intoxication was properly admitted, under the trial court's discretion, to impeach a witness, where the jury as factfinder could determine whether the recorded statement was inconsistent with the witness' trial testimony and weigh the witness' testimony and credibility accordingly. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Appellate counsel's concession that the evidence was sufficient to establish a killing with malice constituted a strategic concession and was not ineffective assistance of counsel. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.
By Adina Solomon | June 22, 2017
Practice Profile: Boatright as a community outreach coordinator implements programs aimed at crime prevention and reducing recidivism in metro Atlanta.…
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Court Properly Dismissed BB Gun Possession Charge So Jury Could Not Resort to Nullification
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 22, 2017
U.S. Sup. Ct.; 15-1503 Petitioners—Timothy Catlett, Russell Overton, Levy Rouse, Kelvin Smith, Charles and Christopher Turner, and Clifton Yarborough—and…
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 22, 2017
U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16-240 When petitioner was tried in a Massachusetts trial court, the courtroom could not accommodate all the potential jurors. As a result,…
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