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  • Commonwealth v. Maldonado-Vallespil

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 20-0006

    Commonwealth failed to establish locus of criminal act of receiving stolen property where there was no record evidence demonstrating that defendant was located within the commonwealth at any point when he received, retained, or disposed of the stolen goods. Judgment of sentence vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Sipps

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 20-0008

    Conviction for patronizing a victim of sexual servitude and concealment of the whereabouts of child affirmed where evidence demonstrated defendant knew victim was a minor "runaway" who was being sexually trafficked and kept the victim in his home for several weeks without making attempts to return her home or contact law enforcement. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Delaware County
    Judge: Judge Green
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    Case Number: 19-1528

    While none of the commonwealth's seven witnesses actually saw defendant driving his gray truck on the evening in question, their testimony established beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant, a police officer, was driving while intoxicated on the night in question and responsible for a hit and run accident. The court recommended affirmance.

  • Commonwealth v. Sutton

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
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    Case Number: 19-1475

    The court denied defendant's motion to suppress, because the police properly made a vehicle stop and searched a residence.

  • United States v. Boxley

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Fischer
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    Case Number: 19-1504

    Defendants, passenger and car driver, moved to suppress evidence in their conspiracy to distribute drugs trial and court found detectives had an objective and particularized basis to suspect defendants were engaged in criminal activity prior to seizing them based on prior observation, controlled buys and defendants' behavior when stopped by police. Motion denied.

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  • Sanders v. Wetzel

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Brobson
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    Case Number: 19-1503

    Department and attorney general filed preliminary objections to inmate's petition for mandamus over his placement in the special management unit and court dismissed attorney general as a party to the action and found neither DC-ADM 802 nor any other regulations created a right for inmate or duties for department. Objections sustained.

  • United States v. Ludwikowski

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Fisher
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    Case Number: 19-1492

    District court properly denied appellant's motion to suppress statements he made to police when he was interviewed about extortion threats he received because he was not in custody and voluntarily answered questions that led to the extortionists being convicted. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Fuentes
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    Case Number: 19-1494

    Appellant was correctly found guilty of multiple drug and weapons counts but trial court erred in sentencing him to 1,020 months in prison because it relied on his bare arrest record as part of the justification for his sentence. Vacated in part and affirmed in part.

  • United States v. Ludwikowski

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Mathewson
    for defendant: Mark E. Coyne, Assistant United States Attorney (Office of United States Attorney); Craig Carpenito, United States Attorney, and Norman Gross, Assistant United States Attorney (Office of United States Attorney)
    Case Number: 18-1881

    Miranda Warnings Unnecessary Where Defendant Voluntarily Reported Being Victim of a Crime and Police's Questions Were Necessary to Investigate

  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-1442

    Motion to modify sentence was properly dismissed as an untimely post-sentence motion where defendant failed to demonstrate breakdown in court process excusing the untimely filing. Order of the trial court affirmed.