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What Is a Formal Arraignment in Pennsylvania?

Formal arraignments occur after a preliminary hearing when a magisterial district or municipal court judge moves your case to a Court of...

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...

The case is Commonwealth v. Hale, ___ A.3d ___, 2014 Pa. Super. 19 (Feb. 6, 2014). The court began by stating that 'challenges for cause...

In the recent case of Commonwealth v. George, the defendant pleaded guilty to two cocaine deliveries that were made in 2007, he was...

As reported in the Daily Pennsylvanian, the Philadelphia Police Department and the University of Pennsylvania have combined forces to...

Criminal defense work constantly presents criminal lawyers with bad facts coupled with bad law. A new case handed down by the Pennsylvania...

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today that the American Civil Liberties Union has sued the City of Philadelphia for illegal stop and...

In a recent opinion in Commonwealth v. Hudson, 2010 PA Super 96, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that what began as a mere encounter...

In Commonwealth v. Robert Cooper, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, with a three-member panel comprised of Judges Donohue, Allen and...

I just read a fairly recent opinion authored by Justice Castille, wherein the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that 18 Pa.C.S. Sec. 2707.1...