Commonwealth v. Bagnall
In Commonwealth v. Bagnall, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s murder conviction, ruling that his due process rights were violated when the prosecution failed to disclose a cooperation agreement
In Commonwealth v. Bagnall, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s murder conviction, ruling that his due process rights were violated when the prosecution failed to disclose a cooperation agreement
In Commonwealth v. Nevels, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the statute criminalizing retaliation against a witness applies to retaliation against a witness or victim in either a civil or
In Johnson v. Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, LLP, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the 2008 amendments to the Pennsylvania Loan Interest & Protection Law — which govern residential mortgages
Commonwealth v. Reid is one of several similar cases that have passed through the Pennsylvania Supreme Court involving former Chief Justice Castille’s role as the elected DA of Philadelphia. In
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the recording on the jail phone warning the defendant’s conversation “may be monitored or recorded,” and that he spoke on the phone after the
In Lowman v. Unemployment Board of Review, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court confronted an important issue in the gig economy: Is an Uber driver self-employed and thus ineligible for unemployment benefits?
In a rare unanimous opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Estate of Benyo v. Breidenbach that a provision in a property settlement agreement between divorcing spouses, directing a spouse’s municipal
In Commonwealth v. King, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s sentence, holding that he entered into one agreement with his co-conspirator to murder the victim and, because the co-conspirator failed,
In the case of In re Estate of Charles L. Small, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that Mother failed to demonstrate Decedent was a dependent child – and concomitantly, that
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held in Commonwealth v. Smith that a person who is wanted on a bench warrant — even if that person is not physically fleeing prosecution —
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