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Commonwealth v. West, PICS Case No. 17-1175 (C.P. Lycoming July 2017) Butts, J. (10 pages).

The evidence was more than sufficient to support the Commonwealth's assertion that defendant had constructive possession of marijuana found in his vehicle, even where defendant's passenger admitted to ownership of the contraband. The court denied defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Baez, PICS Case No. 17-1290 (Pa. Super. Aug. 10, 2017) Bowes, J. (15 pages).

Where his assertion of innocence was not plausible and the grant of his motion would cause the Commonwealth substantial prejudice. The court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Girardi, PICS Case No. 17-1159 (C.P. Lycoming July 13, 2017) Butts, J. (18 pages).

Police demonstrated the requisite probable cause to support a search warrant for the review and seizure of defendant's telephone records where the evidence indicated that defendant used his phone to contact another individual to report stealing a gun and to involve the individual in selling the stolen gun. The court denied defendant's motion to suppress.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Haines, PICS Case No. 17-1291 (Pa. Super. Aug. 2, 2017) Moulton, J. (15 pages).

The court could not determine if the trial court erred in finding that defendant's consent to a blood draw was involuntary where it failed to make factual findings regarding whether defendant consented to the blood draw before or after being improperly warned of the criminal consequences of refusal. The court reversed a trial court suppression order and remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Yocolano, PICS Case No. 17-1293 (Pa. Super. Aug. 14, 2017) Olson, J. (30 pages).

The trial court's erroneous evidentiary rules, including its decision to bar defendant from offering testimony to rebut the Commonwealth's evidence of prior bad acts, were significant and deprived defendant of a fair trial. The court reversed and remanded for a new trial.
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The Legal Intelligencer

High Court Order Allowing Police to Hold Jeweler's Property Garners Lengthy Dissent

Two Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices took issue with their colleagues' decision to allow authorities to hold a jeweler's entire inventory during the course of a burglary investigation.
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New York Law Journal

USA v. Brennerman

Recusal in Contempt Proceeding Unnecessary Where Conduct Directed To Legal System
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The Recorder

United States v. Ocampo-Estrada

9th Cir.; 15-50471 The court of appeals vacated a judgment of sentence and remanded. The court held that the record of defendant’s prior California…
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Daily Business Review

Ex-President of Panama to be Extradited on Wiretapping Charges, Miami Judge Rules

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres rejected former President Ricardo Martinelli's attempt to stay in South Florida.
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New York Law Journal

Illinois Driver Arrested on Terror Charges Filed in NY

A 31-year-old truck driver is accused of being part of a U.S. network that raised money for would-be terrorists to travel to Syria to join Islamic State militants and another designated terrorist group, the al-Nusrah Front.
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