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Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew C. Bloom, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 2111004614(N)
Increasing sentence from suspended fine to term of incarceration did not violate double jeopardy where defendant lacked a reasonable expectation of finality in a larger sentencing plan and where the state's time to appeal the sentence had not yet elapsed.
Publication Date: 2023-10-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Brennan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Betts, Department of Justice, for the State of Delaware.
for defendant: James M. Stiller for defendant.
Case Number: 2211005299
A reasonable, articulable suspicion existed to conduct a DUI investigation when defendant purposefully popped his muffler as he drove raising the equipment violation to the level of impaired judgment. Defendant's motion to suppress denied.
Publication Date: 2023-10-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford IV, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 112, 2021
The Delaware Supreme Court held that a postconviction petition will not be mooted by a defendant's completion of his sentence after the petition is filed if the defendant pleads that there are continuing collateral consequences arising from the conviction.
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Construction | Federal Government | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge McKee
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa A. Mathewson, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Paul G. Shapiro, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA; David E. Troyer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 19-3679
District court erred in setting the loss calculation at defendants' total profits where defendants lawfully performed work on the public construction project, with the DOT/PennDOT merely expecting defendants to obtain certain construction materials from a qualifying supplier.
Publication Date: 2023-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Matey
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayden Nelson-Major, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Katherine C. Thompson, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Shoshana D. Silverstein, Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.
Case Number: 21-2601
Trial counsel was deficient in failing to object to trial judge's admonishment of witness that may have influenced the witness's decision to change their testimony favorable to the defense and failing to cross-examine the witness regarding their changed testimony.
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Publication Date: 2023-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Karsnitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Casey L. Ewart, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Natalie S. Woloshin, Woloshin Lynch & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: # 1512017983
Although defense counsel conceded deficient performance during defendant's criminal trial, the court denied postconviction relief where the record showed defendant suffered no prejudice from any errors by trial counsel.
Publication Date: 2023-07-10
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Hardiman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William V. Bergstrom, Peter A. Patterson, David H. Thompson, Cooper & Kirk, Washington, DC; Michael P. Gottlieb, Vangrossi & Recchuiti, Norristown, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Brian M. Boynton, Jacqueline C. Romero, Mark B. Stern, Michael S. Raab, Abby C. Wright, Kevin B. Soter, United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC for appellees.
Case Number: 21-2835
Federal felon-in-possession statute barring person convicted of false statements under state law was inconsistent with nation's historical tradition of firearms regulation.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Price, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Brian Arban, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 218, 2022
Errors in microscopic hair comparison forensic testimony did not compel postconviction relief where the errors did not exculpate defendant and the state presented other substantial evidence of defendant's guilt.
Publication Date: 2023-06-27
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. McBride, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Robert M. Gamburg, Gamburg & Benedetto LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Brian J. Chapman, Law Office of Brian J. Chapman, Newark, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2203012514
Search warrant was supported by probable cause where police obtained various articulable facts indicating that an apartment and storage unit were used by defendant for stashing drugs, with that suspicion confirmed by a non-Fourth Amendment canine sniff.
Publication Date: 2023-06-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Federal Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Phipps
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Case Number: 22-2032
District court properly convicted shipping companies for falsification of environmental records where circumstantial evidence indicated that multiple crew members participated in the cover-up, indicating that it was done at least in part to serve corporate interests.
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