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  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 781 OF 2021

    The court denied defendant's supplemental omnibus pretrial motion and motion for suppression on the grounds that there was sufficient probable cause on the affidavit to establish requisite substantial nexus between the alleged crimes and the residence to be searched.

  • Commonwealth v. Poland

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 709 OF 2021

    Police were required to obtain a search warrant prior to seizing defendant's cell phone as there was no evidence to suggest he was likely to delete his cell phone's internet browser history and, thus, a lack of exigent circumstances necessitating immediate seizure of the phone. The court granted in part defendant's motion to suppress.

  • United States v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachael A. Honig, Philip R. Sellinger, Mark E. Coyne, and Richard J. Ramsay (Office of United States Attorney)
    for defendant: Neal K. Katyal, Sean M. Marotta, and Danielle D. Stempel (Hogan Lovells US); Lisa Van Hoeck (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    Case Number: 21-2621

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  • In re: Private Complaint filed by Ajaj

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 55 MAP 2021

    Private criminal complainants could only overturn district attorney's disapproval of complaint by proving that disapproval was made in bad faith, due to fraud, or was unconstitutional. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Muhammad

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 84 EDA 2022

    Police were justified in stopping and subsequently searching only vehicle matching description in 911 call, after driver of the vehicle engaged in suspicious, furtive movements indicative of efforts to conceal something in the vehicle. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Journo

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 1351 WDA 2021

    Rule of Specialty did not bar prosecution of offenses other than the specific offense that defendant was extradited for, where those other offenses arose from the same criminal conduct as the extraditing offense and the extraditing country expressly stated that it did not object to prosecution. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Gaskin v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1178 C.D. 2018

    Finding an intoxicated driver unconscious in the driver's seat of a running vehicle provided a sufficient basis for police's reasonable belief that the driver was in physical control of their vehicle while intoxicated to support a DUI arrest. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Helriegel v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
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    Case Number: 346 C.D. 2022

    Trial court erred in finding there was no refusal to submit to chemical testing, where licensee refused a blood test, agreed to a breath test, no breath test machine was available and licensee refused the second offer of a blood test, because trooper provided licensee with appropriate warnings, informed licensee he was unable to administer a breath test and licensee's willingness to submit to a breath test did not waive his initial refusal to submit to a blood test. Reversed.

  • United States v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2023-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-2621

    The government appealed the judgment of sentence imposed following defendant's guilty plea to unlawful possession of a firearm.

  • United States v. Heinrich

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-2723

    District court properly excluded expert report addressing appellant's purpose in undressing two three- and four-year-old girls and taking photos of their genitals because appellant had the intent required for both halves of §2251(a), he intentionally posed the girls with genitals exposed for the purpose of photographing them and excluded report dealt only with whether appellant thought the photos were sexually explicit. Affirmed.