by Brad Shuttleworth | Jun 22, 2016 | Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Mandatory-Minimum Sentences, Pennsylvania Constitution, Sex Crimes, Uncategorized
On June 20, 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Pennsylvania v. Wolfe, with the opinion authored by Chief Justice Saylor, struck down the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718, which mandated for mandatory minimums for certain offenses... by Brad Shuttleworth | Jan 2, 2014 | Criminal Lawyer, Pennsylvania Constitution, single-subject rule, Uncategorized
On December 16, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down Act 152 of 2004 (“Act 152”), in its entirety, as violating the single-subject rule of Article III, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Act 152 made various changes to the... by Brad Shuttleworth | Jan 7, 2009 | Criminal Court, Criminal Lawyer, Governor, Judges, Legislation, Pennsylvania Constitution, Prisoners' Rights, Prisons, Sentencing, Uncategorized, Violent Crime
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is attempting to put a plan into motion that would take away violent offenders’ ability to be paroled. Rather than sentencing pursuant to Pennsylvania’s indeterminate sentencing scheme in criminal court (that is, a maximum... by Brad Shuttleworth | Aug 31, 2008 | Criminal Lawyer, Free Speech, Pennsylvania Constitution, Uncategorized
The Pennsylvania Superme Court has affirmed and adopted the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s 2007 decision in Marcavage v. Rendell, striking down Pennsylvania’s Ethnic Intimidation Law, 18 Pa.C.S. 2710. The ethnic intimidation law was struck down as a...
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