After being convicted by a jury of two bank robberies, defendants appealed their lawyers’ decisions to stipulate that the banks were federally insured and, as a result, the federal courts had jurisdiction to hear the cases. The defendants claimed that they wished to contest the case at every level and that their lawyers stipulated to … Read more
In this en banc, the panel confronted a defendant who helped supply a firearm to her boyfriend, who eventually used that firearm to kill a police officer in a shootout. The boyfriend was killed in the gunfire. While her state case weaved its way through the courts, she was charged — and eventually pled guilty … Read more
#TRO #PreliminaryInjunction #Jurisdiction #Habeas In a fast-moving case, several immigration detainees filed a habeas corpus petition seeking their release based on the COVID-19 pandemic and the conditions of the jails that they were housed in. Without offering the government a chance to respond, the district court issued a temporary retraining order demanding the release of … Read more
This case presents plenty of intrigue for appellate law experts. A special panel of judges was convened pursuant to the Rules of Judicial Administration to deal with an appeal from a PCRA petitioner. During the PCRA petitioner’s appeal from the denial of his first PCRA petition, Justice Eakin joined in the majority to deny relief. … Read more
#Jurisdiction #CivilProcedure #AppellateProcedure bit.ly/3aikqMX Appellant received an adverse ruling on a prior appeal in the same matter and the appellee sought, and was granted, allocatur. While proceedings on the Supreme Court were ongoing, Appellant sought injunctive relief from the trial court to maintain the status quo., pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1701(b)(1). The trial court denied relief … Read more