Tag: Justice Todd
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Com v. VanDivner: Three Part Miller Test Establishes Sanity for Death Penalty
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled 6-0 in Commonwealth v. VanDivner that a defendant whose intellectual impairments interfere with his ability to cognitively adapt is mentally incompetent as regards the…
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ODC v. Pozonsky: Judge Who Stole Drugs for Recreational Is Disbarred
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It will qualify as the least surprising holding of the year: in Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Pozonsky, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled 7-0 that a former Court of…
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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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Com v. Cullen-Doyle: Elementary, dear Watson—First Time Offenders are Eligible for RRRI
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds in Com v. Cullen-Doyle that the Recidivism Risk Reduction Inventive Act’s (RRRI) eligibility requirements were not meant to exclude a first-time violent offender pleading guilty…