Tag: #Suppression

Commonwealth v. Lutz

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that police officers’ search of the defendant’s car was unlawful. An officer observed the defendant’s car, which was running, parked on the road at the

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State v. Gonzalez

The New Jersey Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s convictions, finding that the trial court erred when it denied her suppression motion. Defendant waived her Miranda rights and agreed to an

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State v. Nyema

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a police officer did not have reasonable and articulable suspicion to conduct a car stop. The officer received a radio call about a

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State v. Terres

Criminal law litigators: Read this opinion. This appeal presented the New Jersey Supreme Court with an issue of first impression: “Whether the police have a right to conduct a protective

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State v. Radel

Criminal law litigators – read this opinion. This appeal presented the New Jersey Supreme Court with an issue of first impression: “Whether the police have a right to conduct a

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Commonwealth v. Barr

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that that “the smell of marijuana may be a factor, but not a stand-alone one, in determining whether the totality of the circumstances established probable

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Commonwealth v. Green

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a warrant to search for evidence of possession and distribution of child pornography on the electronic devices in Appellant’s home was not overbroad. A

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Commonwealth v. Jackson

The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the trial court’s order granting the defendant’s suppression motion. A police officer heard gunshots and drove in the direction where he thought the shots originated.

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Commonwealth v. Rohrbach

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s order suppressing the evidence. At 1 a.m., the defendant parked his car in the parking lot of a gym that was closed

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Commonwealth v. Singletary

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s order to suppress a gun. A police officer saw an SUV that was not running, parked in a legal parking spot, with

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