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The Legal Intelligencer

US Wants Tossed Charges Restored in Fattah Case

Even though former Congressman Chaka Fattah just settled into his federal prison cell, the prosecutors who tried his corruption case want to add more time to his 10-year stay.
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Daily Business Review

Panama Pursues Law Firm Connected to Brazilian Bribery Case

Panama's Attorney General's Office ordered a search of offices belonging to a law firm it accuses of setting up offshore accounts that allowed a Brazilian construction company to funnel bribes to various countries.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

17 Indicted in Florida Condo Mortgage Scam

Prosecutors indicted 16 South Floridians among 17 people accused of operating a vertically integrated mortgage fraud.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Mull Whether Search Consent Includes Canine Sniff

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is poised to consider whether a motorist's consent to a vehicle search includes a canine sniff.
7 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Watson

By | February 10, 2017
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The Recorder

People v. Price

By | February 10, 2017
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Charges Chinese Investors Over $56M Insider-Trading Windfall

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Friday against a Chinese investment manager and five brokerage account holders for allegedly reaping $56 million from insider trades in advance of the 2016 Comcast-DreamWorks merger.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. McCoy, PICS Case No. 17-0152 (Pa. Super. Jan. 27, 2017) Ott, J. (11 pages).

By | February 10, 2017
Defendant's unprovoked flight in a high crime area upon merely observing police provided reasonable suspicion to detain defendant, warranting admission of evidence defendant discarded during police pursuit. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Giron, PICS Case No. 17-0150 (Pa. Super. Jan. 31, 2017) Olson, J. (11 pages).

By | February 10, 2017
The imposition of enhanced penalties for refusing to submit to warrantless chemical blood testing on suspicion of DUI was illegal for violating the 4th Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Smallwood, PICS Case No. 17-0153 (Pa. Super. Feb. 1, 2017) Lazarus, J. (32 pages).

By | February 10, 2017
Trial court erred in granting defendant's PCRA petition seeking a new trial based on newly discovered evidence because defendant learned of the new fire investigation methodology that was relevant to her arson conviction in 1999 but did not file her PCRA petition until 2014 and thus, her petition was untimely. Reversed.
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