Pretrial Detainee Is Denied Bail; Flight Risk as Alien Lacking Immigration Status Is Noted

Petitioner Not Allowed to Credit Time Served on Contraband Charge to Robbery Charge

Reasons Given for Termination Not Rebutted as Pretext for Discrimination, Retaliation

Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, error in admitting prosecutor's statements, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Challenge to Local Marijuana Ordinances as Federally Preempted Denied Where State Recreational Marijuana Laws Were Not Inconsistent or an Obstacle to Federal Enforcement

The court urged the Superior Court to affirm its verdict in favor of defendants due to the plaintiff's failure to seek damages to its property in its previous replevin action.

Court Erred in Dismissing Suit Over Denial of Basic Education for Lack of Controversy

Trial court erred in concluding that plaintiffs were not entitled to treble damages under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law after the jury had already awarded them punitive damages on their tort claims. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

Court denied defendants' motions for acquittal and new trial where the government met its burden to overcome defendants' entrapment defense as defendants appeared to eagerly and voluntarily participate in the conspiracy and understand the risks of criminal prosecution.

Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and other crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of his Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court accepted evidence of the vehicles' event data recorder information as extracted and analyzed by a responding police officer who testified as a Commonwealth expert in accident reconstruction.