Sept. 12 at 12 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 10

Recorded 9-10-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: warrantless DUI blood draw and whether it was properly conducted under the exigent circumstances exception; whether it constitutes double jeopardy to try someone a second time after a conviction based on falsified evidence was thrown out; whether a mother can be convicted of child sexual abuse by omission under […]

PA Superior Court Argument Session from Aug. 12, 2019

Recorded 8-12-19 in Harrisburg. This three-judge panel of Superior Court judges heard argument on the appeal of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas decision on the sexual assault conviction of actor Bill Cosby. Watch PA Courts and more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.

PA Supreme Court Session from Dec. 6

Recorded 12-6-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: legality of cell phone search to identify a suspect; auto insurance unlisted resident driver exclusion; Philadelphia Municipal Court – Traffic Division and whether a traffic violation and a felony charge occurring during a single incident must be considered by one court at the same time; a traffic stop and […]

PA Supreme Court Session from Dec. 5

Recorded 12-5-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: Philadelphia taxi regulation funding; refusal to take a blood alcohol test to prove driving under the influence and whether this constitutes a warrantless search; college football player liability waiver; single family dwelling short-term rental property zoning; whether a subpoena from the State Board of Medicine supersedes HIPAA regulations regarding […]

PA Supreme Court Session from Dec. 4

Recorded 12-4-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: death sentence; whether the presence of a concealed weapon constitutes  reasonable suspicion to justify administrative detention by a police officer; residential care facility interstate reimbursement and choice of law; neighborhood improvement district property assessments; land development plan for age-restricted housing and the effect of a repealed zoning ordinance and […]

PA Superior Court Session from Oct. 23

Recorded 10-23-18 in Philadelphia. Issues include: juvenile life sentences and whether an 18-year-old person convicted to a life sentence should be eligible for post-conviction relief; sufficient evidence to prove check forgery; whether an acquittal on sexual offenses also necessitates a corruption of minors acquittal, whether the statute of limitations for loan transactions and promissory notes […]

PA Supreme Court Session from Oct. 24

Recorded 10-24-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: Pittsburgh police union arbitration award when a city is in financially distressed status, hearsay evidence at preliminary hearings, mortgage loan purchase during foreclosure, whether emails can be considered a work product covered by attorney-client privilege, reasonable suspicion during a police encounter that results in an arrest; juvenile life sentences […]

PA Supreme Court Session from Oct. 23

Recorded 10-23-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: natural gas fracking conditional use ordinance, DUI checkpoints manned by multi-jurisdictional police forces, Pittsburgh paid sick leave and safety training ordinances and whether they supersede state law, admissible of evidence of prior similar burglary, 911 emergency telephone fees and whether the county or the PA Emergency Management Agency oversees […]

PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 26

Recorded 9-26-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: child sex abuse grand jury report redactions, mortgage recording method, appeal denial due to a defendant being a fugitive and failing to appear, an energy company civil penalty for overcharging customers, the timeliness of a second foreclosure notice, and the maximum allowable school tax increase.

PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 25

Recorded 9-25-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: drug abuse during pregnancy and whether that can be classified as child abuse, death penalty, right to speedy trial, minor political parties and candidate endorsements, weekend incarceration and whether that is cause for unemployment compensation disqualification; and local government civil liability immunity.