• U.S. v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    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: 24-1161

    Sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable where offense level adjustment would not have affected the Guidelines range due to the statutory maximum and district court gave appropriate consideration to aggravating and mitigating factors.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 92 MAP 2021

    Appellant appealed an order of the Superior Court affirming the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on her convictions for murder and related crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of her Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court admitted into evidence a redacted confession by her non-testifying co-defendant boyfriend, accompanied by a proper cautioning instruction to the jury.

  • Commonwealth v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 123 MDA 2024

    Appellant's appointed counsel applied to withdraw from representation in light of appellant's nolo contendere plea before the trial court. The court denied the request to withdraw and remanded, holding that while appellant's plea waived his claims on direct appeal, he effectively set out a potentially meritorious claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his pro se notice of appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Munoz-Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Beck
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    Case Number: 1535 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the Post Conviction Relief Act court's dismissal of his PCRA petition. The court reversed, holding that appellant was not subject to any registration requirement under Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act where he was convicted in Maryland in 2003 for a sexual offense of the third degree.

  • Commonwealth v. Ortiz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2608 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that a K9 search of appellant's vehicle pursuant to a roadside stop did not result in any invasion of the vehicle's interior space where the K9 handler immediately pulled the dog back after it placed its paws on the vehicle's door frame.

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  • Commonwealth v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McHugh
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    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0001892-2023

    Commonwealth appealed the court's ruling granting appellee's motion to suppress his arrest and the evidence recovered thereafter. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding that suppression of appellee's arrest was required where stipulations of counsel contradicted subsequent officer testimony regarding the source of information that led to appellee's warrantless arrest during a traffic stop.

  • In re: The Thirtieth County Investigating Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 15 EM 2022

    Grand jury report did not constitute a "report" eligible for publication where it failed to specifically identify "unlawful activity" committed by named, unindicted individuals, all of whom were entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard before any publication of a grand jury report could occur. Order of the supervising judge vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 2638 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed from the denial of his first Post Conviction Relief Act petition. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that petitioner was ineligible for PCRA relief where he claimed ineffective assistance of PCRA counsel regarding a conviction for which the court previously vacated petitioner's sentence on direct appeal.

  • United States v. Suarez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: 23-3241

    Appellant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

  • Commonwealth v. Whalley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1665 MDA 2023

    Trial court was not required to determine defendant's recidivism risk reduction incentive eligibility on the record to decline to impose an RRRI minimum sentence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.