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Publication Date: 2019-08-19
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
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Case Number: 19-0969
Latin cross was not required to be excluded from county symbol where there was little or no evidence demonstrating its adoption was intended to discriminate against other religions or be hostile towards religion. Order of the district court reversed.
Publication Date: 2019-07-29
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry: Advertising | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Ambro
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Case Number: 19-0869
The lower court erred in dismissing a First Amendment challenge to the Outdoor Advertising Control Act's prohibition of billboards near road interchanges where the evidence of record was insufficient to demonstrate that exemptions within the provision survived intermediate scrutiny. The appellate court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-07-22
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 19-0837
The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through real-time cell site location information, or CSLI, tracking since an individual maintains a legitimate expectation of privacy in the record of his physical movements captured through both historical and real-time CSLI tracking and, therefore, a warrant supported by probable cause was required. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence, reversed in part and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Baer
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Case Number: 19-0757
Motion to suppress properly denied where child pornography discovered on computer during technician's repair constituted private search. Order of the superior court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2019-06-17
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge En Banc
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Case Number: 19-0604
Statutory amendments to state law regarding sex offender registration did not affect the punitive nature of the statute, so the court was precluded from holding hearings regarding the designation of sexually violent predators.
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Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Murray
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Case Number: 19-0485
SORNA did not apply to sex offender who committed underlying offenses prior to the effective date of SORNA, since SORNA's punitive nature meant that retroactive application would pose an ex post facto violation. Order of the trial court vacated.
Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 19-0481
The trial court did not deprive defendant of his constitutional due process rights when it found him ineligible for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program under 61 Pa.C.S. §4503(5) since defendant had no constitutional right or interest in participating in that program. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Murray
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Case Number: 19-0484
Application of SORNA to sex offender constituted an ex post facto violation where offender's underlying offense occurred before the effective date of SORNA. Judgment of sentence vacated.
Publication Date: 2019-04-08
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Mundy
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Case Number: 19-0389
Denial of Atkins claim vacated where PCRA court erroneously relied upon lay family members' failure to intervene as evidence of defendant's lack of functional problems and where PCRA court failed to explain credibility and factual determinations of competing expert testimony. Order of the PCRA court vacated and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-04-08
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Donohue
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Case Number: 19-0385
The courts below erred in finding that defendant's interaction with police did not ripen into an investigative detention prior to the arresting officer detecting indicia of intoxication since an investigatory detention may not be premised upon officer safety.
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