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Commonwealth v. Mucci, PICS Case No. 16-0863 (Pa. Super. June 29, 2016) Stevens, J. (24 pages).

The evidence was sufficient to support a conviction for aggravated assault of police officers where appellant engaged in a motor vehicle chase with officers which established appellant's intent to cause injury to the officers. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Take Rare Look at Peer Review Privilege Issue

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to consider whether peer review documents prepared by a health care facility's third-party contractor are privileged under the Pennsylvania Peer Review Protection Act.
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The Recorder

People v. Ranlet

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New York Law Journal

Merger Partners: Beware of Effect of Ambac Ruling on Privilege

Daniel J. Buzzetta writes: Although most people would prefer not to be faced with the threat of anticipated or actual litigation, the state's highest court recently ruled that such threat is necessary before a party may share attorney-client privileged information with another party with whom it shares a common interest.
23 minute read

The Recorder

City of Carlsbad v. Scholtz (Seapker)

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New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Holds Christie's Phone Data Off-Limits in Bridgegate Case

The federal judge hearing the Bridgegate criminal case has granted Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's motion to quash a subpoena by defense lawyers who sought to examine Gov. Chris Christie's cellphone.
35 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Mickel, PICS Case No. 16-0832 (Pa. Super. June 22, 2016) Olson, J. (13 pages).

The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion to exclude a conversation between him and a prison inmate on a three-way call because appellant was not notified that the prison monitored and recorded the call. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Johnson, PICS Case No. 16-0830 (Pa. Super. June 27, 2016) Platt, J. (8 pages).

Appellant failed to preserve the issue of whether the municipal court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence, where appellant sought a new trial in the court of common pleas rather than petitioning it to conduct an appellate review of the municipal court record. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Wisniewski v. Frommer, PICS Case No. 16-0841 (Pa. Super. June 16, 2016) (memorandum) Stabile, J. (7 pages).

Trial court erred in denying prisoner's motion for a continuance to obtain medical records and expert medical witnesses in prisoner's challenge to court's order dissolving an injunction requiring doctors to continue prisoner's non-opioid pain medication to treat his back pain because trial court relied on prisoner's failure to provide medical evidence in dissolving the injunction, thus the decision to deny the continuance was manifestly unreasonable and an abuse of discretion. Vacated and remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Knox, PICS Case No. 16-0831 (Pa. Super. June 21, 2016) Strassburger, J. (13 pages).

The trial court erred in allowing a witness' sister, who was also a commonwealth witness, to translate where the trial court failed to make a good-faith effort to obtain a certified interpreter. Judgment of sentence vacated; case remanded for new trial.
6 minute read

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