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People v. Boswell

By | October 14, 2016
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

House Arrest for Ex-AG Kane? DA Objects

Kathleen Kane's prosecutors said Friday that sentencing the former Pennsylvania attorney general to house arrest, rather than prison, would be “inappropriate.”
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Martinez, PICS Case No. 16-1252 (Pa. Sept. 28, 2016) Baer, J., Saylor, C. J. (concurring) (29 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
Superior Court properly applied Commonwealth v. Hainesworth, 82 A.3d 444 and determined that appellees were entitled to specific performance of their plea agreements and did not have to register under SORNA because their plea agreements were governed by Megan's Law. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Shower, PICS Case No. 16-1254 (Pa. Sept. 28, 2016) Baer, J. Saylor, C.J. (concurring) (29 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
Superior Court properly applied Commonwealth v. Hainesworth, 82 A.3d 444 and determined that appellees were entitled to specific performance of their plea agreements and did not have to register under SORNA because their plea agreements were governed by Megan's Law, which was in effect when appellees entered their plea agreements. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Massey, PICS Case No. 16-1245 (C.P. Crawford Aug. 19, 2016) Spataro, J. (8 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
An individual with outstanding warrants went to the courthouse to submit payment with a bad check, and was taken into custody. The detective assigned to assist with the bad check went to the parked vehicle in which the individual arrived, and observed documents in plain view that could be relevant. The driver of the car, defendant's wife, was likewise taken into custody on an outstanding warrant, the vehicle impounded, and search warrant obtained. Defendant sought to suppress the evidence obtained from the search on grounds that the police had lacked probable cause, which the court refuted based on the unfolding of events and on the Vehicle Code. Defendant's motion to suppress was denied.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Stephenson, PICS Case No. 16-1232 (C.P. Centre Aug. 16, 2016) Campbell, J. (12 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
Driver of a vehicle that overturned in a two-car crash exhibited signs of intoxication. The responding officer placed him under arrest, drove him to the hospital, and read him the contents of the form DL 26, which he signed. The Commonwealth took that as consent under existing law, but post-Birchfield, when the case came to trial, the current evaluation of implied consent and stated penalties for refusing to submit to DUI tests indicated that blood tests were a form of search that required warrants. The submission to the test while already in custody was found a form of coercion. Defendant's motion to suppress the test results was granted.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Demora, PICS Case No. 16-1248 (Pa. Super. Oct. 3, 2016) Panella, J. (7 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
The court lacked jurisdiction to consider appellant's petition seeking specific enforcement of his plea agreement in the form of exemption from registration under SORNA, where appellant failed to join the Pennsylvania State Police as an indispensable party. Order of the trial court affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Fant, PICS Case No. 16-1249 (Pa. Sept. 28, 2016) Donohue, J.; Baer, J. (dissenting) (32 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
Recorded conversations between an inmate and his visitors on a telephone-like apparatus were properly suppressed pursuant to the Wiretap Act where the act only authorized recordings of inmate telephone calls. Reversed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Martinez, PICS Case No. 16-1253 (Pa. Sept. 28, 2016) Baer, J. (29 pages).

By | October 14, 2016
Criminal defendants were entitled to have their negotiated guilty plea agreement specifically enforced so as to be subject to the sex offender registration requirements of Megan's Law rather than SORNA. Orders of the Superior Court affirmed.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Orders Unanimous Verdicts on Death Sentences

The Florida Supreme Court for the first time orders unanimous jury verdicts in death penalty cases.
6 minute read

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