Filter This View

  • Commonwealth v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 775 EDA 2022

    Police could ask drivers whether they had weapons in their possession while completing a traffic stop in the interest of ensuring officer safety. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2642 EDA 2022

    Totality of circumstances during traffic stop supported probable cause that defendant was trafficking drugs in his vehicle, supporting the issuance of a search warrant for the vehicle after being impounded. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 345 of 2022, C.R.

    The court granted a criminal defendant's motion to suppress inculpatory statements made during custodial detention, finding that the statements were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights.

  • Commonwealth v. Jeter

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1523 WDA 2021

    Trial court erroneously denied evidentiary hearing where defendant specifically alleged that a juror discussed the case during trial with a family member after telling the family member that she was having difficulty deciding the case. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 791 MDA 2022

    Trial court erred in vacating jury's guilty verdict where sexual abuse victim's testimony was sufficient to support a conviction and the jury's verdict demonstrated that it chose to credit the commonwealth's evidence over defendant's case. Order of the trial court reversed, verdict reinstated.

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice 2024: A Practical Guide

    Authors: KENNETH DEL VECCHIO

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Commonwealth v. James

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1146 EDA 2022

    Evidence was sufficient to convict for drug conspiracy where a defendant could have criminal liability for entering a conspiracy with law enforcement officers or police informants as part of a law enforcement investigation or sting operation. Judgment of conviction affirmed, judgment of sentence vacated in part and affirmed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Dahl

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 309 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence, challenging the trial court's order imposing victim restitution. The court vacated appellant's sentence and remanded for resentencing.

  • Commonwealth v. Grekon

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 273 of 2022, C.R.

    Court determined there was no probable cause to initiate a traffic stop for failure to come to a complete stop and failure to signal as officer's dash camera footage showed defendant did come to a complete stop and signaled his intent of travel. Defendant's motion to suppress granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2545 EDA 2022

    Post Conviction Relief Act petition was properly denied as untimely where general allegations of prosecutorial misconduct or allegations of police misconduct in other cases could not support the government interference or newly-discovered facts exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • United States v. Dowdell

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip R. Sellinger and Mark E. Coyne (Office of United States Attorney)
    for defendant: Richard Coughlin and Rahul K. Sharma (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    Case Number: 21-3251

    Government Waived Successful Defense to Suppression Motion by Failing to Brief and Argue the Issue