Tag: #Birchfield

Commonwealth v. Eid

Commonwealth v. Eid presented the Pennsylvania Supreme Court with constitutional challenges to the Vehicle Code’s enhancement of sentences for those who refuse chemical testing after driving under a suspended license.

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Commonwealth v. Parker

In Commonwealth v. Parker, the Commonwealth appealed the order granting Parker’s PCRA petition. In its opinion, the lower court acknowledged that it erred when it granted the petition based on

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Commonwealth v. Gaston

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

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Commonwealth v. Jones-Williams

The Superior Court vacated the defendant’s convictions for homicide by vehicle, DUI, and related charges. Citing Birchfield, the Court ruled that the police unlawfully obtained the defendant’s blood test results

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Commonwealth v. Wolfel

In Commonwealth v. Wolfel, which was an interlocutory appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court and ruled, by failing to challenge the suppression court’s explicit invocation of that

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