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Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Karl Schwartz, Catherine Trama, Wiseman & Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: 1804000397
Ineffective assistance of counsel claims failed where trial counsel's preparation and examination of witnesses was reasonable trial strategy to avoid playing into the state's theory of voluntary intoxication, and where any additional evidence was unlikely to have changed the verdict from guilty but mentally ill to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond D. Armstrong, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 303, 2022
Court upheld the introduction of expert testimony regarding probabilistic genotyping analysis where the testing had undergone validation studies and peer review and enjoyed general acceptance by the scientific community and many other courts.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Nygaard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abigail E. Horn, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Anthony J. Carissimi, Timothy M. Stengel, Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 20-3298
Although officers displayed authority by blocking defendant and commanding him to stop, no seizure occurred where defendant's momentary pause followed by running from the officers meant he never complied with the officers' authority, and his flight gave the officers reasonable suspicion to detain him. Conviction affirmed, judgment of sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Montgomery-Reeves
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gino A. Bartolai, Jr., Pittston, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Gerard M. Karama, Robert J. O’Hara, Office of the United States Attorney, Scranton, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-1976
Multiple stab wounds, including one to the chest, plus a broken jaw constituted injuries severe enough to meet the definition of "serious bodily injury" as defined by the Commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Shwartz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Fine, K&L Gates, Harrisburg, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Andrew J. Vella, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 22-1298
Failure to be expressly advised of continued no-contact order at second arraignment did not violate due process where the terms of the order explicitly stated that it remained in effect until changed/withdrawn or until the case ended.
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Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacie M. Fahsel, Renee Pietropaolo, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Robert A. Zauzmer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-2153
Defendant was correctly charged with committing a crime of violence where the armed bank robbery statute was divisible as it could be committed either intentionally/knowingly or recklessly and defendant was charged with "knowingly" taking money through force and jeopardizing others' lives through the use of a deadly weapon.
Publication Date: 2023-12-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Restrepo
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meaghan Flannery, Matthew T. Newcomer, Jennifer A. Williams, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Salvatore C. Adamo, Hellertown, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 21-3316
Conducting criminal history check during routine traffic stop was justified by promoting officer safety and the fact that the short duration of the check posed a minimal burden.
Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Williams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. McTaggart, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Eleni Kousoulis, Janet Bateman, Public Federal Defender's Office, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 23-004
Possession of firearm by felon statute was constitutional as applied to defendant previously convicted of drug distribution offenses, as it was consistent with the historical tradition of disarming individuals who posed a threat to public safety, while defendant lacked standing to challenge the statute's constitutionality as he was ineligible to possess firearms on state probation.
Publication Date: 2023-12-04
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Smith
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanne M. Heisey, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Capital Habeas Unit, West Philadelphia, PA; Brett G. Sweitzer, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Bernadette A. McKeon, Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-2208
Defendants were ineligible for sentencing reductions under the First Step Act where the Fair Sentencing Act only reduced mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for certain drug possession offenses, but did not affect sentencing for drug-related murder convictions even though such convictions required a predicate drug offense.
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.
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