In Commonwealth v. Crawford, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the appellant failed to raise a substantial question in challenging the discretionary aspects of his sentence. The appellant is 82
In Commonwealth v. Snyder, Appellant appealed the judgment of sentence imposed after a jury found him guilty of corruption of minors and related offenses. On appeal, he made four claims
In Commonwealth v. Shreffler, the Pennsylvania Superior Court found all of the appellant’s claims were waived. First, the Court held that the appellant failed to preserve one issue for review
In United States v. Raia, the Third Circuit reviewed the sentence imposed after the defendant was convicted of bribery-related offenses for offering cash payments to voters during his political campaign
In United States v. Yusuf, an opinion consisting of consolidated appeals, the government challenged the sentences of two defendants imposed after guilty pleas. As part of their plea agreements, they
In Commonwealth v. Moore, a criminal defendant filed a petition decades after his conviction. He claimed that the life-without-parole sentence he is serving violates his due process rights because the
In Commonwealth v. Rosario, the defendant appealed his convictions of attempted murder and related charges. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed as to the convictions but vacated the judgment of sentence.
In United States v. Prophet, the defendant, Maximus Prophet, appealed the District Court’s denial of his motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In the motion, he
In United States v. Aguirre-Miron, the Third Circuit found plain error when the District Court failed to group certain closely related counts, as required by the Sentencing Guidelines. The presentence
In United States v. Senke, the defendant challenged his conviction, raising four issues. First, he contended that the District Court should have inquired into his motions regarding trial counsel’s performance.
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