Tag: #Sentencing

Commonwealth v. Howell

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the defendant’s two-year mandatory-minimum sentence imposed for delivery of contraband to a convict in a prison and possession of a controlled substance. The defendant alleged

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Commonwealth v. Hayes

After the defendant was found guilty of DUI, the sentencing court refused to consider one of the defendant’s prior DUIs from Maryland as a triggering offense for an enhanced sentence.

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Commonwealth v. Moye

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a former juvenile lifer’s sentence in the defendant’s third direct appeal. The Court remanded the case after the defendant’s first two appeals, finding the trial

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United States v. Nasir

An en banc panel of the Third Circuit vacated the defendant’s sentence, holding that the District Court erred when it applied a career offender enhancement. After the District Court denied

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State v. Scudieri

The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the defendant’s sentence for DUI, holding that the newly-amended statute did not apply. The defendant committed the offense before the new law’s enactment but

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United States v. Quinnones

Utilizing the “much-criticized categorial approach,” the Third Circuit held that the Pennsylvania crime of assault by prisoner (after the defendant threw excrement and other such undesirables) is not a crime of violence

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Commonwealth v. DeJesus

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the defendant waived his challenge to the sentencing court’s consideration of mitigating factors because he did not invoke the

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Commonwealth v. Bowens

In a 62-page opinion, an en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the defendant’s convictions. The charges stemmed from the stop of a car in which the defendant

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State v. Melvin

Two homicide trials for two defendants before the same judge ended with the jury finding each defendant guilty of some charges. One defendant was found guilty of firearms charges but

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United States v. Scott

The Third Circuit ruled that a Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under the career offender provision of the United States Sentencing Code. To reach that conclusion,

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