Tag: Justice Mundy
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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. 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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Com v. DiMatteo: PCRA petitioner entitled to new sentence where SCOTUS change occurred before his sentence was final
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Commonwealth v. DiMatteo resolves an obscure overlap in sentencing rules in Pennsylvania, confirming that a Defendant is entitled to resentencing where he was not sentenced on his open plea before…
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Erie Ins. Exchange v. Bristol: SOL on UM claims begins to run at refusal to arbitrate
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On July 22, 2005, Mr. Bristol was injured when he was struck in a hit and run accident within the scope of his employment in Upper Dublin Township (childhood home…
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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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PSP v. Grove: Motor Vehicle Recordings are not exempt from disclosure under Right to Know law
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In Pennsylvania State Police v. Grove, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules that Motor Vehicle Recordings are not exempt from the disclosure requirements of the Right to Know Act, and…