by Lea Bickerton | Oct 29, 2009 | Case Law Summaries
Commonwealth v. Thomas A. Perry, Jr. 2009 PA Super 196 (10/06/2009) Topic: DUI – Reasonable Suspicion for a Traffic Stop Summary: When an officer observes a driver operating a vehicle in such a fashion that there is the potential for an accident, there is...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 29, 2009 | Case Law Summaries
Commonwealth v. Daryl Boich 2009 PA Super 195 (10/06/2009) Topic: Rape Charges – Sex Crime – Involuntary Psychiatric Evaluation of a Witness/Victim Summary: A court may not compel a witness/victim to submit to an involuntary psychiatric evaluation unless...
by William Bickerton | Oct 29, 2009 | Case Law Summaries, DUI, sentencing
Commonwealth v. Patrick A. Haag, Sr J-41-2009 (10/23/2009) Topic: DUI – Prior Offenses Summary: For a DUI offense to be a second or subsequent conviction for sentencing purposes, the offender must be convicted of the prior offense before committing the second...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 29, 2009 | Blog
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and Coraopolis Police are serving 28 arrest warrants in and around Coraopolis to people believed to be dealing drugs. For more information, go to:...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 23, 2009 | Homicide, In the News
Rickie Lee Fowler has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder after after five men died from heart attacks during the 2003 San Bernadino wildfires. Supervising Deputy District Attorney Victor Strull contends that, even though the men did not die in the...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 23, 2009 | Constitutional Rights, In the News, Prostitution
U.S. District Court Judge John Grady has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Craiglist alleging that the company failed to adequately deter prostitutes from posting in its “Erotic Services” (now “Adult Services”) section. Judge Grady concluded...
