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Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 18-1070
The trial court erred in admitting two photographs of the victim of defendant's sexual abuse taken when the crimes allegedly occurred since defendant did not contest that the victim was a child when the alleged abuse occurred; however, any prejudice was de minimis and, thus, harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 18-1099
Pursuant to the state high court's 2017 decision in Commonwealth v. Muniz, the trial courts could not impose retroactively upon defendants the increased registration requirements in the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, regardless of whether defendants accepted plea bargains or were convicted at trial. The appellate court reversed trial court orders imposing increased sexual offender registration requirements.
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 18-1085
Trial court properly denied inmate's habeas petition asserting the board improperly detained him when it lodged a detainer against him that prevented his release on bail after he was arrested on new criminal charges because the board did not admit his averments, aggregation of consecutive sentences was automatic and mandatory, parole was not automatic and his challenge to the sentence imposed more than 20 years earlier was untimely. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Wecht
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Case Number: 18-1056
The prosecutor's characterization of defendant as a "dangerous man" and a "cold blooded killer" constituted permissible, if aggressive, oratorical flair in the context of this case: therefore, defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the remarks. The high court affirmed an order denying defendant post-conviction relief.
Publication Date: 2018-08-21
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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Case Number: 18-0972
The court of common pleas lacked jurisdiction to grant defendant's motion to suppress evidence, which motion the municipal court had denied, since a criminal defendant facing trial in municipal court may only petition for certiorari after sentencing. The court vacated and remanded.
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Publication Date: 2018-08-21
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-0969
The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of defendant's time in prison with a key commonwealth witness, as this challenged evidence was relevant for the limited purposes of explaining the witness's recantation of his prior testimony and revealing defendant's consciousness of guilt. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-08-21
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pappert
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Case Number: 18-0971
Given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, which evidence corroborated the victim's account, defendant's claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to impeach the victim regarding the exact dates of the criminal conduct did not raise a substantial likelihood that the jury would have reached a different result. The court overruled defendant's objections in part.
Publication Date: 2018-08-21
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 18-0973
Addressing an issue of first impression, the appellate court concluded that defendant's lifetime registration requirement authorized by the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act did not constitute an illegal sentence as the legislature did not limit the authority of a court to impose registration requirements only within the maximum allowable term of incarceration. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-08-14
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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Case Number: 18-0943
The trial court properly found that police demonstrated reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot based in part on information received from an informant who implicated himself in criminal activity when he told police he would drive his son to purchase heroin from two individuals. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 18-0916
Since a Post Conviction Relief Act appeal is a "criminal case" for purposes of Pa.R.App.P. 1925(c)(3) and PCRA counsel was per se ineffective in failing to timely file a rule 1925(b) statement, the court reviewed the substance of defendant's contention that the PCRA court erred in dismissing his underlying ineffective assistance of counsel claim. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
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