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  • Commonwealth v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1055 EDA 2022

    Trial court violated defendant's Sixth Amendment rights by disqualifying chosen counsel for alleged violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct when counsel made pretrial statements to the media, where trial court's disqualification appeared to be punitive in nature rather than focused on preventing any prejudice to the commonwealth's ability to have a fair trial. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for new trial.

  • Commonwealth v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1209 WDA 2021

    Trial court in bench trial had sufficient basis to reject insanity defense based on defendant's admission on the date of her crimes that she fled from police because she did not want to get in trouble or go to jail, which supported an inference that she understood the legal or moral wrongness of her actions. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McLendon

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 298 WDA 2022

    Trial court did not violate right to counsel by failing to conduct waiver colloquies where appellant voluntarily and intelligently chose to plead guilty and his history of dilatory conduct through the exercise of his constitutional rights warranted a finding of forfeiture of the right to counsel. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Perrin

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 2 EAP 2022

    Parties' joint stipulation affirming witness's credibility in motion for new trial was not valid or enforceable where trial court possessed sole discretion regarding credibility determinations. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Green

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 16 WAP 2022

    Juvenile Code imposed strict deadline for trial court's ruling on juvenile's decertification petition, with no legislative text indicating a basis to adopt good cause exceptions to the deadline, such that the trial court's untimely order was a legal nullity and defendant's petition was denied by operation of law. Order of the superior court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1019 MDA 2022

    Sentencing for conviction for violation of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked DUI related statute was constitutional where motor vehicle code did not prohibit use of crime code's statutory sentencing maximums. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • United States v. Stoney

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Restrepo
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    Case Number: 21-1784

    District court properly denied appellant's challenge to his conviction for the use of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A) after he pled guilty and admitted to committing a completed Hobbs act robbery and court found appellant's §924(c) conviction was predicated on a completed Hobbs act robbery that had the use of physical force as an element and a completed Hobbs act robbery qualified as a crime of violence under §924(c)(3)(A). Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Alley

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0002046-2022

    The court granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a vehicle stop on the grounds that the police sergeant did not have probable cause to initiate a constitutionally permissible traffic stop based upon an alleged violation of the vehicle code.

  • Commonwealth v. Lombardo

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
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    Case Number: 229 OF 2021

    The court denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence on the grounds that under 16 P.S. § 1440(b), the detective assigned to the case was authorized to practice in the jurisdiction. The court further denied defendant's habeas corpus petition on the grounds that there was sufficient evidence to support a prima facie case for holding plaintiff on her drug possession and distribution related charges.

  • United States v. Rivera

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
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    Case Number: 21-3133

    Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.