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  • Commonwealth v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 1432 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and other crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of his Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court accepted evidence of the vehicles' event data recorder information as extracted and analyzed by a responding police officer who testified as a Commonwealth expert in accident reconstruction.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2725 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his non-jury trial conviction for criminal contempt. The court affirmed, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support appellant's conviction where he admittedly made a "gun" gesture at a testifying witness upon entering the courtroom, even where the gesture was not seen by the witness or the trial court.

  • Commonwealth v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 3080 EDA 2022

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order decertifying appellee's case and transferring it to the Juvenile Division as a delinquency matter. The court vacated the decertification order where the trial court failed to consider multiple criteria that it was required to evaluate before granting decertification.

  • United States v. Araiza-Vega

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Hardy
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    Case Number: 20-218-14

    Court granted motion for sentence reduction where an amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines reduced defendant's Guidelines range, and his lack of criminal history, strong work history, and post-sentencing rehabilitative efforts weighed in favor of a reduction. Defendant's motion for sentence reduction granted.

  • United States v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
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    Case Number: 23-1341

    Appellant appealed his conviction and sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Drayton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 83 MAP 2023

    Appellant appealed the Superior Court's order affirming the post conviction review court's denial of his petition for post conviction relief. The court held that appellant's trial attorney did not render per se ineffective assistance by failing to object when the trial court provided the jury with written instructions not specifically authorized under Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 646.

  • Commonwealth v. Caraballo

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 539 MDA 2023

    Defendant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his jury trial conviction of driving under the influence of controlled substances and trial court conviction of related lesser charges. The court affirmed, holding that defendant's rejection of a requested blood-draw test, along with a state trooper's testimony and other evidence of defendant's impairment, were legally sufficient to convict him of DUI.

  • United States v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2024-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: 23-1819

    Appellant appealed his convictions for aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and bank fraud, and the sentence imposed by the district court.

  • Commonwealth v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Social Media
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 800 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his jury trial conviction of receiving stolen property and driving on a suspended license. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence screenshots taken from appellant's Facebook account, which appellant utilized to offer stolen items for sale, where the digital evidence was amply authenticated by law enforcement testimony, victim testimony, and account records procured from Facebook's parent corporation.

  • United States v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Montgomery-Reeves
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    Case Number: 19-3508

    District court erred in holding appellant did not qualify for relief under Rehaif v. U.S., 139 S.Ct. 2191, because his 2019 28 U.S.C. §2255 motion was second or successive since Rehaif announced a new rule that was substantive and retroactive. Vacated and remanded.