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  • United States v. Goodman

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Bartle
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    Case Number: 22-435

    Defendants moved to dismiss the indictment charging them with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and distribution of controlled substances on the grounds government failed to allege the defendants' subjective belief that they were knowingly and intentionally acting outside the course of a legitimate professional purpose and that the Controlled Substances Act applied to non-pharmacists and court found the indictment in this case met the requirements of Fed.R.Crim.P. 7(c)(1) and 21 U.S.C. §§841 and 846 both applied to "any p

  • Commonwealth v. Fortune

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 2687 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his jury conviction for first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. The court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Bloom

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: CP-41-CR-0001209-2022

    Defendant filed a post sentence motion in which he sought re-sentencing to the bottom of the standard guidelines and that each of his sentences be designated to run concurrently. The court denied defendant's motion.

  • United States v. Henderson

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Shwartz
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    Case Number: 22-2613

    District court properly enhanced appellant's sentence under U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(a)(4) based on his prior state conviction under 18 Pa.C.S. §3701(a)(1)(ii) and court found subsection (ii) of 18 Pa.C.S. §3701(a)(1) involved the requisite force and mens rea to qualify as a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. §4B1.2's elements clause. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Gillins

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 2412 EDA 2021

    Court vacated state sentence to give defendant opportunity to pursue the benefit of his plea deal, where the Commonwealth and trial court failed to understand that the trial court lacked authority to impose a state sentence concurrent to defendant's existing federal sentence. Order of the PCRA court vacated, case remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Poust

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: CR-1399-2022

    Commonwealth filed a motion in limine to exclude a defense witness's testimony regarding an alleged sex crime victim's prior false accusation. The court granted the motion.

  • Commonwealth v. Towles

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 796 CAP

    Defendant appealed the Post Conviction Relief Act court's order dismissing his second petition for post conviction relief as untimely filed and, alternatively, as lacking merit. The court affirmed.

  • United States v. Montalvo-Flores

    Publication Date: 2023-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Ambro
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    Case Number: 22-1752

    Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 993 MDA 2022

    Acquittal on possession charge did not undermine conviction for possession with intent to deliver, since inconsistent verdicts did not necessarily constitute reversible errors. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Truax

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: CR-455-2023

    Defendant brought a motion to disqualify the presiding judge on the grounds that she approved five out of six challenged search warrants in defendant's criminal case. The court denied the motion, finding that it could fairly decide any pretrial challenges to the approved warrants.