Tag: #Sufficiency

Commonwealth v. Dixon

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the defendant’s second-degree murder, conspiracy, and robbery convictions. The Court disposed of the defendant’s four claims: 1.) the trial court erred in denying his motion

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Commonwealth v. Fallon

Though no one saw the defendant inside a vehicle, the Pennsylvania Superior Court nonetheless held that the defendant’s conviction for DUI was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against

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Commonwealth v. Holt

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the defendant’s death sentence. The defendant unsuccessfully argued eight issues: 1.) Sufficiency of the evidence; 2.) Weight of the evidence; 3.) The Commonwealth’s alleged failure

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United States v. Zayas

The Third Circuit found that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction for distributing fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a playground. The defendant was prosecuted after a woman was

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In re E.L.W.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court vacated a juvenile’s adjudication of delinquency because the trial court misapprehended the nature of the mens rea of recklessness for terroristic threats. The defendant posted the

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State v. Berry

The New Jersey Supreme Court tossed three defendants’ convictions for being leaders of a narcotics trafficking network, commonly referred to as the “kingpin” offense. For one defendant, the Court held

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United States v. Allinson

The Third Circuit affirmed the defendant’s convictions of federal programs bribery and conspiracy concerning a pay-to-play scheme involving Allentown’s former mayor. The defendant argued: (1) there was insufficient evidence to

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State v. M.K.P.

The New Jersey Appellate Division rejected the State’s argument that the defendant’s alleged assault of her elderly mother violated the neglect of an elderly person statute. A police officer observed

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State v. Lodzinki

The New Jersey Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s twenty-five-year-old murder conviction. A jury convicted the defendant of murdering a young boy. The Appellate Division affirmed. In a three-three split, the

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Commonwealth v. James

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the defendants convictions for simple assault, reckless endangerment, and discharging a firearm into an occupied structure. Appellant and the victim got into a fistfight in

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