Tag: #StatutoryInterpretation

Commonwealth v. Lee

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a juvenile adjudication of delinquency for DUI qualifies as a first offense for sentence enhancement purposes. While she was on probation for her guilty

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United States v. Perez

The defendant, who was known as Toast, pleaded guilty to firearms and drugs offenses arising from, among other things, selling guns to an undercover police officer. The Sentencing Guidelines recommended

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Commonwealth v. Satterfield

Satterfield entered an open guilty plea to various offenses, including three counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death or personal injury, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742. Reasoning that

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U.S. Venture, Inc. v. Pa.

In 2014, Venture applied for and received two Alternative and Clean Energy (“ACE”) grants under 73 P.S. § 1649.307(a)(1)(iii). After completing the projects, Venture sought payment of the grant money.

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Commonwealth v. Baker-Myers

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the Commonwealth must prove as an element of corruption of minors that the defendant violated an offense in Chapter 31 (relating to sexual offenses). Section

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In re $300,000

Litigators: Read this Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court opinion involving return of property actions. In connection with a return of property action brought under Pa.R.Crim.P. 588 after the police seized his property

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E.A., III v. E.C.

More than three months after Father’s death, and more than two months after the court granted Mother’s petition to withdraw Father’s custody complaint and cancel the custody trial, Maternal Grandmother

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