Tag: Justice Donohue
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Com v. Wilmer: Community Caretaking exception to warrant requirement lasts until officer is done rendering assistance
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A party at a sorority house led to a drunk college kid on the roof of the house, stumbling about, looking as though he were about to fall off the…
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Com v. Fulton: Warrantless Cell Phone searches violate both Constitutions
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In a relatively-unsurprising re-affirmation of recent SCOTUS caselaw, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled 6-0 in Commonwealth v. Fulton that a warrantless search of a cell phone is unconstitutional and…
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Com v. Yong: Collective Knowledge Doctrine Affirmed
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When two police officers independently have the information necessary to constitute probable cause, but they have not communicated these facts to each other, is the arrest of the defendant constitutional?…
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Green Party v. Department of State Bureau of Commission, Elections and Legislation: A long name for a nothing-burger
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules that filing late for a special election cannot be excused. 25 P.S. § 2779 requires that a political party putting forth a candidate for…
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Blake v. State Civil Service Commission: “Soldier” under state hiring preference law may not mean the same thing as it does to the Department of Defense
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In Blake v. State Civil Service Commission, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a West Point cadet who did not complete his training is not a “soldier” entitled to hiring…