by Bickerton Law | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Case Law Summaries, Constitutional Rights, DUI, Legal Briefs, Mandatory Sentence
Topic: DUI – Refusal of Chemical Testing – Birchfield – Mandatory Sentence – Alleyne Summary: The mandatory minimum sentence given by the Venango County Court of Common Pleas for a DUI chemical test refusal was unconstitutional. 1.) Defendants cannot be given a...
by Lea Bickerton | Aug 20, 2013 | Blog, Blog Posts, Constitutional Rights, In the News
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala issued a statement outlining the public’s right to videotape police officers. DA Zappala explained that a person has the right to videotape police officers who are on duty but people do not have the right to...
by Lea Bickerton | Feb 5, 2013 | Blog, Blog Posts, Constitutional Rights, In the News, Sentencing and Punishments
US attorneys are recommending a sentence of life in prison for Samuel Mullet. Mullet is an Amish bishop convicted of conspiracy and federal hate crimes after a string of attacks in which Amish individuals had their hair and beards cut with shears against their will....
by Lea Bickerton | May 30, 2012 | Case Law Summaries, Constitutional Rights, Legal Briefs
Commonwealth v. David Bradford 2 WAP 2011 (05/30/2012) Topic: Constitutional Rights – Right to a Speedy Trial – Rule 600 Summary: The prosecution is permitted to rely upon the judicial system in its system for case tracking. Therefore, if the judicial system...
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...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 18, 2009 | Case Law Summaries, Constitutional Rights, Counterfeiting, Trademark Violations
Commonwealth v. Omar J-162A-B-2008 (10/05/2009)Topic: Trademark Counterfeiting – ConstitutionalitySummary: 18 Pa.C.S.A. Section 4119, which prohibited the unauthorized use of a trademark, was struck down as being overbroad. The law prohibited any use of a...
