By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 22, 2017
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams couldn't have found a better friend than Mohammed N. Ali. Whenever Williams wanted an escape from Philadelphia to the sunny beaches of Punta Cana, or if he was in the market for a new couch, or even if he just needed some cash, the Feasterville businessman was there to accommodate the district attorney, Ali testified in federal court Thursday morning.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Separate search warrant was not required to conduct DNA analysis for identification purposes where individual did not have protectable privacy interest in identification. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
A single trial in a criminal matter was proper where trying multiple charges together would allow the commonwealth to present the full context of its investigation and provide the jury with the complete story surrounding the alleged crimes. The court denied defendant's motion to sever.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
The trial court erred in suppressing evidence found on defendant's person after a vehicle stop since the arresting officer was acting under a municipal drug task force agreement that did not require county ratification and, thus, his conduct did not violate the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act. The appellate court reversed the trial court's order of suppression.
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.
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