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Publication Date: 2018-10-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Mark
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Case Number: 18-1124
Defendant's convictions for simple assault and harassment merged with the burglary conviction for sentencing purposes. The court concluded the burglary conviction was supported by the evidence.
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 18-1135
The trial court did not err in barring defendant's offer of DNA evidence regarding a rape victim's alleged sexual conduct with other partners where defendant asserted that the victim consented to sexual activity with him and, thus, the DNA evidence was not relevant to the issue of consent. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Evidence
Industry: Education | State and Local Government
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-1145
Trial court committed no error in finding that university public safety officers were not state actors for purposes of the fourth amendment in student's challenge to the admission in his trial of LSD and drug paraphernalia found in his dorm room because the university conducted its search on its own terms and in accordance with its policies aimed at preserving student safety and state law vested no plenary police powers in the public safety officers. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Practice Area: Evidence | Expert Witnesses | Insurance Litigation
Industry: Insurance
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Patrick
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Case Number: 18-1094
Where plaintiffs agreed to consolidate cases, they were not entitled to severance of the matters at trial, but the court properly bifurcated trial with regard to jury and non-jury issues.
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-1131
The record of evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant intentionally viewed and/or possessed the pornographic images of children found on his computer after police entered his home upon a medical emergency. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
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Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-1132
The trial court did not err in precluding the Commonwealth from offering evidence of defendant's prior bad acts toward four women in his trial on charges of murdering his paramour where the proffered testimony did not establish a motive for the victim's murder or evidence any distinctive pattern of behavior. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's evidentiary order.
Publication Date: 2018-09-24
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Evidence
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Justice Krause
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Degroot (Ole Nekritin)
for defendant: Anthony P. Seijas (Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri & Jacobs); Matthew J. Lynch (Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Law); Robert P. Preuss (Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Law Tort Litigation and Judiciary); Christopher S. Porrino, Melissa H. Raksa, and Kai W. Marshall-Otto (Office of Attorney General of New Jersey)
Case Number: 17-2594
§1983 Conspiracy Claim Could Stand Where Plaintiff Alleged State Officials Engaged in After-the-Fact Coverup of Alleged Constitutional Violations
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 18-1070
The trial court erred in admitting two photographs of the victim of defendant's sexual abuse taken when the crimes allegedly occurred since defendant did not contest that the victim was a child when the alleged abuse occurred; however, any prejudice was de minimis and, thus, harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Damages | Evidence | Government
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Rambo
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Case Number: 18-1110
The court granted defendants' motion for partial summary judgment to preclude recovery of attorney fees and denied plaintiff's motion for sanctions without prejudice in case where defendant's driver crashed a tractor trailer into plaintiff's historic bridge and damaged it but defense counsel did not produce driver for a deposition or concede liability because it was possible that defendants might present evidence in support of their position on liability that did not require the driver's deposition or an expert. Granted in part, denie
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 18-1100
The trial court erred in excluding evidence of an alleged victim's prior sexual conduct where defendant sought to admit such evidence to attack the victim's credibility and establish a plausible motive for her accusations, not to portray her as promiscuous. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.
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