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  • Commonwealth v. Sandusky

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1059 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the post-conviction relief court's order denying his motion for a new trial based on after-discovered evidence, which appellant argued showed that an attorney and psychologist used unduly suggestive techniques when interviewing his alleged child sexual abuse victims. The court affirmed, holding that the post-conviction relief court properly denied appellant's motion without an evidentiary hearing where he failed to show that his after-discovered evidence would be used for a purpose other than impeaching a witness's

  • Commonwealth v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 1120 MDA 2022

    Court disputed whether including prior felony conviction used in an offense gravity score as part of the defendant's prior record score constituted impermissible "double counting." Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McCormick

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 1116 WDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on her conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance-metabolite of a substance. The court affirmed, holding that the statute under which appellant was convicted was not unconstitutionally vague in forbidding operation of a motor vehicle with a metabolite of a controlled substance in one's blood.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 2320 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order dismissing his petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act. The court affirmed, holding that the PCRA court erred by considering the merits of appellant's fatally untimely ineffectiveness of counsel claims. The court held further that the PCRA court properly denied appellant's claim seeking a new trial on the basis of after-acquired evidence where appellant failed to show that the evidence, consisting of unrelated disciplinary action against a testifying police officer, would likely result

  • Commonwealth v. Gaspard

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 2977 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on her jury convictions for theft by deception and false swearing. The court affirmed, holding that evidence supported appellant's conviction for theft by deception where appellant failed to disclose her personal business income while receiving Section 8 housing benefits.

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  • Commonwealth v. Paulin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
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    Case Number: 159 OF 2024

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion consisting of a motion to suppress evidence derived from a motor vehicle stop and a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court granted the motion and the petition, holding that a state trooper lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over defendant for driving under the influence where a dash cam recording showed that the tires on defendant's vehicle momentarily touched his traffic lane's center line and fog line on several occasions, but without crossing over the lines.

  • Commonwealth v. Kolesar

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 355 WDA 2024

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his convictions for driving under the influence and other crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant was properly ordered to serve sentence on his fifth DUI conviction consecutively to his other DUI sentences pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. § 3804(c.2).

  • Ross v. Adm'r E. Jersey State Prison

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: 23-1240

    Appellant Lenny Ross appealed the denial of his Rule 60(b) motion.

  • United States v. Wiggins

    Publication Date: 2024-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: 22-2831

    Appellant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

  • United States v. Whittaker

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: 24-1206

    Appellant appealed the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of making a false claim to the United States.