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  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1278 WDA 2022

    Parole officer had reasonable suspicion for warrantless search of parolee's home after parolee failed a drug test and visited known drug crime areas, combined with reports from neighbors consistent with drug distribution activity. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • United States v. Shaknitz

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 23-1257

    Incarcerated appellant challenged district court's order limiting his contact with his five-year old son to telephone only and court found district court erred because U.S. v. Diaz, 66 F.4th 435, held a sentencing court lacked the inherent authority to impose a no-contact order during a defendant's term of incarceration but a court could recommend that the Bureau of Prisons impose such an order. Motion granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Karagiannis

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
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    Case Number: 1038 CR 2020

    Defendant appealed his sentence arguing there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions for unlawful contact with a minor. The court found there was sufficient evidence for the jury to infer that defendant had verbal and non-verbal contact sufficient to support his convictions. The court noted that defendant's acquittal on the underlying substantive offenses did not weaken the sufficiency of evidence to support the unlawful contact convictions.

  • Commonwealth v. Goodis

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 701 WDA 2021

    Appellant appealed his convictions for dissemination of child pornography and related crimes. The court vacated appellant's convictions and remanded for a new trial where the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of his home in violation of the knock and announce rule.

  • Commonwealth v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 607 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed his sentence after being found guilty in a bench trial of misdemeanor retail theft and receiving stolen property. The court determined that the Commonwealth met its burden to establish the value of the stolen property and requested that the Superior Court affirm the court's judgment.

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  • Commonwealth v. Whitmire

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1302 WDA 2022

    Defendant appealed his conviction of DUI-controlled substance and court agreed with trial court, found Commonwealth v. Watts, 283 A.3d 1252, was controlling, it was illegal to drive with any amount of marijuana, medical or otherwise, in a driver's system and found there was no evidence of entrapment and commonwealth sufficiently showed appellant drove. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Hallinan

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
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    Case Number: 21-1362

    Transferee of assets gained through criminal enterprise lacked standing to challenge a forfeiture order, since normally only a criminal defendant had standing to raise such a challenge and the transferee could not meet either exception for a bona fide purchaser or a holder of a superior interest vested prior to the crime. Order of the district court affirmed in part, appeal dismissed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Deible

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1258 WDA 2022

    Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to support an animal cruelty conviction where record showed defendant's dog's coat had become matted and filled with foreign debris, with such a condition only possible after a long period of ignoring the dog's poor appearance. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Procopio

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
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    Case Number: 934 of 2018, C.R.

    In a post-trial motion, a criminal defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions for felony murder and third-degree murder following a jury trial. Motion denied.

  • Clark v. United States

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    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: 21-2704

    Petitioner appealed the district court's judgment.