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Publication Date: 2024-11-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 221 WDA 2024
Trial court erred in dismissing Post Conviction Relief Act petition for lack of jurisdiction where it was filed during the pendency of an untimely filed direct appeal, meaning the judgment of sentence had become final, allowing defendant to pursue a PCRA petition. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.
Publication Date: 2024-11-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Lazarus
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Case Number: 2872 EDA 2023
Appellant appealed the Post Conviction Relief Act court's order dismissing his petition for updated DNA testing of evidence filed pursuant to the PCRA. The court affirmed, holding that appellant was not entitled to renewed DNA testing of clothing evidence recovered during investigation of the 2002 murder for which he was convicted where appellant offered nothing other than bald speculation that the updated testing method would identify a different suspect.
Publication Date: 2024-11-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Freeman
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Case Number: 23-2903
Defendant appealed his conviction on multiple firearm and drug trafficking offenses and his sentence of 228 months in prison; challenging the district court's decisions to admit certain evidence and deny his motions for a new trial and judgment of acquittal, as well as the length of his sentence.
Publication Date: 2024-11-21
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge McKee
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Case Number: 23-1827
Jose Soto appealed his conviction for conspiracy to commit bank robbery, two counts of bank robbery, and two counts of using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
Publication Date: 2024-11-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Phipps
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Case Number: 24-1161
Sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable where offense level adjustment would not have affected the Guidelines range due to the statutory maximum and district court gave appropriate consideration to aggravating and mitigating factors.
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Publication Date: 2024-11-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Todd
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Case Number: 92 MAP 2021
Appellant appealed an order of the Superior Court affirming the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on her convictions for murder and related crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of her Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court admitted into evidence a redacted confession by her non-testifying co-defendant boyfriend, accompanied by a proper cautioning instruction to the jury.
Publication Date: 2024-11-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 123 MDA 2024
Appellant's appointed counsel applied to withdraw from representation in light of appellant's nolo contendere plea before the trial court. The court denied the request to withdraw and remanded, holding that while appellant's plea waived his claims on direct appeal, he effectively set out a potentially meritorious claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his pro se notice of appeal.
Publication Date: 2024-11-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Beck
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Case Number: 1535 MDA 2023
Appellant appealed the Post Conviction Relief Act court's dismissal of his PCRA petition. The court reversed, holding that appellant was not subject to any registration requirement under Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act where he was convicted in Maryland in 2003 for a sexual offense of the third degree.
Publication Date: 2024-11-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 2608 EDA 2023
Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that a K9 search of appellant's vehicle pursuant to a roadside stop did not result in any invasion of the vehicle's interior space where the K9 handler immediately pulled the dog back after it placed its paws on the vehicle's door frame.
Publication Date: 2024-11-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge McHugh
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Case Number: CP-09-CR-0001892-2023
Commonwealth appealed the court's ruling granting appellee's motion to suppress his arrest and the evidence recovered thereafter. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding that suppression of appellee's arrest was required where stipulations of counsel contradicted subsequent officer testimony regarding the source of information that led to appellee's warrantless arrest during a traffic stop.
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