Bletz v. Corrie
In Bletz v. Corrie, the 3rd Circuit opined about when law enforcement may shoot the family dog. Seriously. The Court held that the use of deadly force against a household pet
September 9, 2020
In Bletz v. Corrie, the 3rd Circuit opined about when law enforcement may shoot the family dog. Seriously. The Court held that the use of deadly force against a household pet
In Commonwealth v. Copenhaver, the Superior Court revisited this case for the second time after the Supreme Court reversed and remanded. On remand, the Superior Court held that a sheriff’s
In Commonwealth v. Carmenates, the Superior Court vacated the trial court’s suppression order, holding that, despite an apparent language barrier, Carmenates’s consent to the trooper’s search of a vehicle was
In Commonwealth v. Gaston, the defendant’s DUI prosecution was in the pretrial stage when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Birchfield v. North Dakota. The defendant moved to
Delade v. Cargan involved a suit against a state trooper. The 3rd Circuit held that the Fourth Amendment always governs claims of unlawful arrest and pretrial detention when the detention
Two defendant-physicians appealed the State’s use of grand jury subpoenas to access information contained in New Jersey’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), which is a state-run database that keeps track of
The defendant was found guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, as required by the Armed Career Criminal
Police seized incriminating text messages, which the defendant sent to his ex-girlfriend. Defendant moved to suppress the messages, as they were recovered from the ex-girlfriend’s phone without a warrant. The
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