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  • Commonwealth v. Cobb

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0655

    Defendant waived any issues on appeal when he failed to file a concise statement of errors, and the commonwealth's use of a lab report in lieu of expert testimony was not improper.

  • United States v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0733

    District court erred in denying sentence reduction under §404 of the First Step Act of 2018 because §404 eligibility turned on a defendant's statute of conviction, not on his possession of a certain quantity of drugs. Vacated and remanded.

  • United States v. Muskey

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Mannion
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0738

    Defendant moved for compassionate release and transfer to home confinement based on the COVID-19 pandemic and court found it lacked jurisdiction because defendant failed to exhaust his BOP administrative remedies. Motion denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0654

    In this post-conviction relief matter, the court scheduled a hearing to address factual issues relating to the voluntariness of defendant's guilty plea.

  • United States v. Safehouse

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0713

    Government sought a stay of court's order that §856(a) could not be read to bar supervised injection sites and court found government failed to show it would suffer irreparable harm but the challenges posed by COVID-19 and demonstrations protesting excessive use of force by the police made a stay in the public interest. Motion granted.

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  • United States v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0708

    Appellant and co-defendant appealed their convictions for bank robbery and court found the sixth amendment did not categorically forbid stipulating to crime's jurisdictional element without a defendant's consent. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Davenport

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Conner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0712

    Defendantmoved for compassionate release in view of COVID-19 and court found his circumstances did not present "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that would warrant early release, defendant admitted that even if he were granted early release, he had an outstanding Pennsylvania detainer for parole violation and the §3553(a) factors did not support an almost two-year reduction in defendant's sentence. Motion denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0673

    The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to suppress statements he made to police after a shooting incident where the groundthe trial court relied upon was not raised indefendant's motion to suppress or at his suppression hearing. The superior court reversed and remanded.

  • United States v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Conti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0687

    Defendant prison inmate petitioned for compassionate release and home confinement under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A)(i) due to his susceptibility to the COVID-19 virus and court found sentence reduction was not appropriate, the circumstances he cited did not justify a reduction in his sentence and he failed to show "extraordinary and compelling reasons." Motion denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Savage

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0675

    Trial court erred in relying on mailbox rule to presume defendant's receipt of notice of traffic conviction where court misaddressed the notice and defendant testified to not having received the notice. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.