by shuttleworth_admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Driving Under the Influence (DUI/DWI/DAI), Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently decided the case of Commonwealth v. Ennels, which held that the DL-26 form, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation form used by the police to advise drivers suspected of driving under the influence of Pennsylvania’s... by shuttleworth_admin | Jul 25, 2017 | RRRI Program
Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held in a majority opinion, that any ambiguity in Pennsylvania’s Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive Program (“RRRI”) statute must be resolved in favor of criminal defendants. This case involved whether the... by shuttleworth_admin | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a precedential opinion in Fields v. City of Philadelphia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled today that the recording of police during the discharge of their official duties is protected by the First Amendment. To read Fields, click... by shuttleworth_admin | Jun 29, 2017 | Forfeiture/Civil Asset Forfeiture
Forfeiture Cases Are Daunting A forfeiture case can be daunting for litigants, especially considering the fact that the standard of proof for the government to take people’s property is much less than that in a criminal proceeding. Thankfully, in a... by shuttleworth_admin | Jun 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mr. Shuttleworth has been named a “Super Lawyer” in 2017. To read the Pennsylvania and Delaware 2017 Super Lawyers magazine, click here. by shuttleworth_admin | Apr 9, 2017 | Criminal Law, Exclusionary Rule, Fourth Amendment, Probation and Parole, Suppression of Evidence
Although the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down the opinion in Commonwealth v. Arter (Pa. 2016) over three months ago, on December 28, 2016, its importance to Pennsylvania jurisprudence, as it relates to the application of the exclusionary rule for... by shuttleworth_admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Criminal Court, Jury Trials, Sixth Amendment
In the recent case of Pena-Rodrigues v. Colorado, 580 U.S. ___ (2017), the United States Supreme Court held that when a juror makes a clear statement indicating that he or she relied on racial bias in convicting a criminal defendant, the Sixth Amendment requires that... by shuttleworth_admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Civil Rights, Fourth Amendment, Pretrial Detention
On March 21, 2017, in Manuel v. City of Joliet, 580 U.S. ___ (2017), the United States Supreme Court, in a majority opinion authored by Justice Kagen, ruled that in a Section 1983 action (a federal cause of action for “the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or... by shuttleworth_admin | Mar 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
For those of you who used to keep updated on important new cases involving criminal defense law on my Blogger site, I hope you enjoy this new site, which is integrated with my new web page. Instead of posts that only have information about criminal law, this new blog...
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