The Legal Intelligencer reports today that Governor Edward G. Rendell is expected to announce the Hon. Jane Cutler Greenspan as a nominee for the empty seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Peter Hall, Rendell Considering Judge Greenspan for High Court Slot, The Legal Intelligencer, June 19, 2008 at 1. Judge Greenspan is a former Assistant […]
Archives for June 2008
Criminal Lawyer Update: Mere Encounters of the Close Kind
In a brand new opinion authored by Judge Stevens, the Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that the interaction between citizens and a police officer is a mere encounter, where the citizens are parked on the side of a road and the officer parks a patrol vehicle about 20 feet away and shines the headlights into the […]
Superior Court Says No Speedy Trial Violation Where Police Fail to Appear in Court
In a not-so-shocking case issued on June 2, 2008, the Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that the failure of the Commonwealth to bring a defendant to trial in the Philadelphia Municipal Court within 180 days does not require dismissal of charges with prejudice. In Commonwealth v. Staten, 2008 Pa. Super 118 (2008), the defendant was charged […]
Criminal Lawyer Update: Verbose Rant Gilds Recent Drug Suppression Opinion by Superior Court
In an apparent call to the Pennsylvania General Assembly to create legislation that would allow police to arrest individuals in a high-crime neighborhoods when they spot a single, isolated transaction of money for unidentifiable objects, in Commonwealth v. Wormley, 2008 Pa. Super. 107 (Pa. Super. 2008) Justice Stevens of the Pennsylvania Superior Court cites lengths […]