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  • Konyk v. Pa. State Police

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0540

    Commonwealth not contractually-bound to federal plea agreement, with respect to state sex offender registration requirements, under third-party beneficiary or implied contract theories. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Delgros

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
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    Case Number: 18-0535

    Criminal defendant entitled to raise ineffective assistance of counsel claims in post-trial motions where otherwise ineligible to assert such claims on PCRA review. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Hardy

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
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    Case Number: 18-0490

    Defendant voluntarily consented to a chemical blood test, and he did not have a constitutional right to speak to an attorney before deciding whether to consent to the blood draw. The court denied his motion to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Bethea

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Platt
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    Case Number: 18-0529

    Even assuming defendant did not waive his claim that the trial court erred in granting the commonwealths motion to preclude repeated references to him as an innocent man during voir dire, the claim failed since the trial courts decision did not undermine his presumption of innocence. The appellate court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Romero

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0539

    Police could not effect arrest warrant in home of third-party absent magisterial determination of probable cause to search third-party home. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Mauk

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 18-0537

    Trial court violated due process by mass-sentencing a group of unrelated defendants for indirect criminal contempt without determining each defendants financial ability to pay, or offering them opportunity to be heard or assistance of counsel until after sentencing. Order of the trial court vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Largaespada

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0536

    Motion to pierce Rape Shield Law properly granted where proffered evidence merely alleged existence of victims other sexual relationship, which alone was insufficient to establish logical nexus with victims alleged motive to fabricate. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Diaz-DeJesus

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Steinberg
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    Case Number: 18-0496

    A criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel prior to making statements to police, and a search warrant was based on probable cause. The court denied defendants motions to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Mock

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 18-0503

    Trial court could consider prior DUI offense for grading and sentencing where disposition of prior offense occurred within statutory 10-year lookback period, even if the prior offense was committed outside the lookback period, as the term prior offense referred to the disposition rather than commission of offense. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • U.S. v. Shulick

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    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: 18-0515

    Defendants motion for reconsideration of his motion to dismiss the indictment based on missing or unavailable witnesses was denied because the possibility of prejudice was not sufficient to support defendants argument that his speedy trial rights were violated and a mere possibility was all defendant had shown. Motion denied.