• United States v. Moss

    Publication Date: 2024-11-06
    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: 23-3133

    Appellant appealed his conviction and sentence following a jury trial where he was found guilty of drug trafficking and firearm-related offenses.

  • United States v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: 22-1434

    Appellant appealed the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of his girlfriend's home and statements made post-arrest following his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

  • Walker v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 787 WDA 2023

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting text messages and emails that were sufficiently authenticated by appellee's testimony. Appellant's judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Vance

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: E-Commerce | State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 2886 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence of life imprisonment after his jury conviction for his role in a scheme to commit murder-for-hire. The court held that the trial court did not err in admitting Commonwealth's Google GPS location data evidence where the data did not constitute hearsay and was properly admissible as self-authenticating business records.

  • Commonwealth v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 31 EAP 2022

    Inadmissible hearsay evidence alone was insufficient to satisfy the commonwealth's burden to prove a prima facie case as to a defendant's identity at a preliminary hearing. Order of the superior court affirmed.

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  • United States v. Byrd

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Federal Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Beetlestone
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    Case Number: 23-454-2

    Defendant challenged the search warrant for his iCloud accounts and court found the warrant was supported by probable cause and defendant failed to make a "substantial preliminary showing" that the supporting affidavit contained material falsehoods or omissions. Motion denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Vance

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 2886 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence of life imprisonment after his jury conviction for his role in a scheme to commit murder-for-hire. The court held that the trial court did not err in admitting Commonwealth's Google GPS location data evidence where the data did not constitute hearsay and was properly admissible as self-authenticating business records.

  • United States v. Hull

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Baxter
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    Case Number: 1:21-cr-39

    Defendant's omnibus motion for discovery in a health care fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud action was granted insofar as government was directed to review evidence concerning the individual identified by defendant as a possible informant and to provide any exculpatory material and denied as to her other requests as moot or premature. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

  • United States v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: Judge Colville
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    Case Number: 20-263

    Defendant, charged with drug and weapons possession, moved to suppress evidence from a traffic stop asserting officer lacked reasonable suspicion and the stop was unreasonably prolonged and court found officer had reasonable suspicion for the stop because one license plate light was out on the car, officer did not unreasonably extend the stop by asking for passengers' IDs and officer had a reasonable suspicion to extend the traffic stop based on the odor of marijuana. Motion denied.

  • United States v. Montalvo-Flores

    Publication Date: 2023-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-1752

    Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence.