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  • U.S. v. Garcia-Vasquez

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
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    Case Number: 22-2219

    Defendant appealed the district court's imposition of a sentencing enhancement.

  • Commonwealth v. Koger

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 15 WAP 2022

    Sentencing court was not required to expressly impose specific conditions of parole for a defendant to be found in violation of parole after violating conditions were explained to the defendant by the county parole officer. Order of the superior court reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Armolt

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 86 MAP 2021

    Adult criminal court could exercise jurisdiction over individual 21 or older for crimes they committed as a juvenile, since it would be the only court that could try such individuals. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rosario

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 3 WAP 2022

    Commonwealth appealed superior court's ruling that parole board had exclusive jurisdiction over appellee's parole and trial court erred in revoking it and court concluded the clear language of 42 Pa.C.S. §9771 explicitly forbade anticipatory revocation of a probation sentence that had not yet started. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McCready

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 447 WDA 2022

    PCR court properly dismissed appellee's PCR petition asserting ineffective assistance of trial counsel and asserting ineffective assistance of PCR counsel in his challenge to his conviction for sexual abuse of his niece and court found the purported evidence in the certifications of witnesses that trial counsel did not call to testify did not provide appellee with a complete alibi and demonstrated he had some access to a car, an issue in the case. Affirmed.

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  • Crooker v Tessitore

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Mannion
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    Case Number: 3:20-1695

    Defendants moved for summary judgment and court adopted magistrate judge's recommendation to grant it in plaintiff's action arising from her arrest on animal cruelty charges and the seizure of her animals because probable cause existed for the search warrant based on the conditions of the animals, probable cause existed to seize the animals and officers reasonably believed plaintiff resided at the property and co-owned the animals. Motion granted.

  • U.S. v. Dowdell

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
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    Case Number: 21-3251

    The government appealed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence.

  • Commonwealth v. Murchison

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McCaffery
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    Case Number: 3585 EDA 2019

    New DNA evidence did not compel Post-Conviction Relief Act relief where, like the evidence presented at trial, it continued to exclude defendant as a contributor and there was other evidence presented at trial to support defendant's murder conviction. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Detwiler

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Columbia County
    Judge: Judge Norton
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    Case Number: 15-CR-2022

    Defendants, three individuals, appealed their criminal convictions for defiant trespass after they refused to wear masks during a school board meeting at Southern Columbia Area School District during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court affirmed defendants' convictions, concluding that the school board had the authority to mandate the wearing of masks inside school buildings, including at public school board meetings, and that sufficient evidence was presented to the jury to support their convictions.

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
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    Case Number: 30 OF 2022, C.R.

    Defendant filed a motion for post-sentence relief, which included various motions challenging the denial of his motion to withdraw guilty plea and the validity of the guilty plea. Defendant argued that he should have been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea due to his claim of innocence, lack of understanding of the plea, and absence of prejudice to the prosecution. The court denied defendant's motions in their entirety, finding that his plea was knowingly and voluntarily entered.