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Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacie M. Fahsel, Renee Pietropaolo, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Robert A. Zauzmer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-2153
Defendant was correctly charged with committing a crime of violence where the armed bank robbery statute was divisible as it could be committed either intentionally/knowingly or recklessly and defendant was charged with "knowingly" taking money through force and jeopardizing others' lives through the use of a deadly weapon.
Publication Date: 2023-12-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Restrepo
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meaghan Flannery, Matthew T. Newcomer, Jennifer A. Williams, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Salvatore C. Adamo, Hellertown, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 21-3316
Conducting criminal history check during routine traffic stop was justified by promoting officer safety and the fact that the short duration of the check posed a minimal burden.
Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Williams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. McTaggart, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Eleni Kousoulis, Janet Bateman, Public Federal Defender's Office, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 23-004
Possession of firearm by felon statute was constitutional as applied to defendant previously convicted of drug distribution offenses, as it was consistent with the historical tradition of disarming individuals who posed a threat to public safety, while defendant lacked standing to challenge the statute's constitutionality as he was ineligible to possess firearms on state probation.
Publication Date: 2023-12-04
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Smith
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanne M. Heisey, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Capital Habeas Unit, West Philadelphia, PA; Brett G. Sweitzer, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Bernadette A. McKeon, Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-2208
Defendants were ineligible for sentencing reductions under the First Step Act where the Fair Sentencing Act only reduced mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for certain drug possession offenses, but did not affect sentencing for drug-related murder convictions even though such convictions required a predicate drug offense.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew C. Bloom, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 2111004614(N)
Increasing sentence from suspended fine to term of incarceration did not violate double jeopardy where defendant lacked a reasonable expectation of finality in a larger sentencing plan and where the state's time to appeal the sentence had not yet elapsed.
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Publication Date: 2023-10-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Brennan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Betts, Department of Justice, for the State of Delaware.
for defendant: James M. Stiller for defendant.
Case Number: 2211005299
A reasonable, articulable suspicion existed to conduct a DUI investigation when defendant purposefully popped his muffler as he drove raising the equipment violation to the level of impaired judgment. Defendant's motion to suppress denied.
Publication Date: 2023-10-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford IV, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 112, 2021
The Delaware Supreme Court held that a postconviction petition will not be mooted by a defendant's completion of his sentence after the petition is filed if the defendant pleads that there are continuing collateral consequences arising from the conviction.
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Construction | Federal Government | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge McKee
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa A. Mathewson, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Paul G. Shapiro, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA; David E. Troyer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 19-3679
District court erred in setting the loss calculation at defendants' total profits where defendants lawfully performed work on the public construction project, with the DOT/PennDOT merely expecting defendants to obtain certain construction materials from a qualifying supplier.
Publication Date: 2023-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Matey
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayden Nelson-Major, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Katherine C. Thompson, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
for defendant: Shoshana D. Silverstein, Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.
Case Number: 21-2601
Trial counsel was deficient in failing to object to trial judge's admonishment of witness that may have influenced the witness's decision to change their testimony favorable to the defense and failing to cross-examine the witness regarding their changed testimony.
Publication Date: 2023-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Karsnitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Casey L. Ewart, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Natalie S. Woloshin, Woloshin Lynch & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: # 1512017983
Although defense counsel conceded deficient performance during defendant's criminal trial, the court denied postconviction relief where the record showed defendant suffered no prejudice from any errors by trial counsel.
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