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New York Law Journal

DA Investigator Has Charge Upgraded in Fatal Crash

By | March 24, 2017
A prosecutor's investigator who moonlights as a part-time police officer was arraigned Friday on an upgraded charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident after a teenager he is accused of hitting with his county-owned vehicle died.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Bauer, PICS Case No. 17-0394 (C.P. Carbon County Dec. 28, 2016) Matika, J. (11 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Court suppressed evidence of defendant's BAC and found her arrest for DUI unlawful because officer did not have probable cause to believe that she was in actual physical control of her vehicle, did not have probable cause to arrest her and did not have probable cause to request a blood draw where officer found defendant asleep behind the wheel of a safely parked car with the lights and engine off. Motion to suppress granted.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Petty, PICS Case No. 17-0424 (Pa. Super. March 10, 2017) Shogan, J. (11 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Police were authorized to search the pockets of defendant's pants, which he was not wearing, because a valid search warrant of a premises permitted police to search any container found on the premises, including any personal property not on the person of a visitor of the premises, that could contain the object of the search. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Kinney, PICS Case No. 17-0423 (Pa. Super. March 13, 2017) Shogan, J. (11 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Appellant was properly convicted of multiple counts of robbery, assault, theft and weapons offenses because he failed to preserve his challenges to the weight of the evidence or the victim's credibility, contrary to his contention aggravated assault did not require the victim to fear for his life. Affirmed
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Milligan, PICS Case No. 17-0398 (C.P. Carbon Jan. 9, 2017) Serfass, J. (23 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Defendant's fourth petition for post-conviction relief, filed 13 years after the expiration of his filing deadline, was time-barred. Furthermore, defendant was not entitled to be treated as a juvenile where he was 19 years old at the time of the crime. The court denied all of defendant's post-sentencing motions.
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Daily Report Online

'House Full of Girls' Case—Contract Dispute or Criminal Action?

Fulton County prosecutors say a Georgia man victimized women he held at a million-dollar mansion, but his lawyer says his client simply "had grand designs to become a very wealthy person."
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New York Law Journal

USA v. Daugerdas

By | March 24, 2017
Government's Interest in Forfeited Funds Vested In 1994, Before Wife's Interest in Accounts Did
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New York Law Journal

The People v. Telesford

By | March 24, 2017
Court Erred by Not Resolving Jury's Confusion As to 'Intent' in Accessorial Robbery Case
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The Recorder

People v. Riddles

By | March 23, 2017
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The Recorder

People v. Gonzales

By | March 23, 2017
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