by Brad Shuttleworth | Mar 19, 2013 | Criminal Lawyer, drug charges, Drug Lawyer, Searches and Seizures, Suppression of Evidence, Uncategorized, Wiretapping
The Pennsylvania Superior Court rules that defendants must have a reasonable expectation of privacy to enjoy the evidentiary exclusionary rule provided in the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (“WESCA”) and that authorization orders issued... by Brad Shuttleworth | Jan 25, 2013 | Criminal Lawyer, Drug Lawyer, Searches and Seizures, Uncategorized, Wiretapping
The following story was originally published in the January 2012 edition of Upon Further Review, a publication of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Re-printed here with permission of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Wiretap Act... by Brad Shuttleworth | Dec 31, 2012 | Criminal Lawyer, Drug Lawyer, Privacy, Searches and Seizures, Technology, Uncategorized, Wiretapping
The following story was originally published in the November 2012 edition of Upon Further Review, a publication of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Re-printed here with permission of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Amendments to Pennsylvania’s Wiretap... by Brad Shuttleworth | Oct 21, 2010 | Criminal Attorney, Criminal Court, Criminal Lawyer, Drug Lawyer, Expungements and Pardons, Gun Lawyer, Search Warrants, Searches and Seizures, Uncategorized
In a recent opinion in Commonwealth v. Hudson, 2010 PA Super 96, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that what began as a mere encounter escalated into an investigative detention when a police officer in Reading, Pennsylvania, took a defendant’s identification... by Brad Shuttleworth | Sep 17, 2010 | Criminal Lawyer, Criminal Lawyers, Drug Lawyer, Gun Charges, Gun Laws, Gun Lawyer, Searches and Seizures, Suppression of Evidence, Uncategorized
In a recent opinion, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the inventory search of an immobilized automobile, immobilized under the Live Stop program was a lawful search, even though the automobile was not yet permitted to be towed. To read the case, click... by Brad Shuttleworth | Oct 22, 2008 | Criminal Court, Drug Lawyer, Judges, Privacy, Search Warrants, Searches and Seizures, Uncategorized, Warrants
The Pennsylvania Superior Court handed down a new case this month about warrantless searches of automobiles in In re O.J., 2008 Pa. Super. 234 (Oct. 1, 2008) (No, this case is not about O.J. Simpson, but it sure would be more fun if it were. It’s a juvenile...
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