Recorded 7-10-18 in Philadelphia. Issues include: attempted homicide ant proving the intent to kill, real estate developer personal liability, warrantless search of home, trust funds creation and fraud, insurance fraud burden of proof, jury selection and vehicular homicide and the standard for proving malice for a third-degree murder charge.
PA Supreme Court Session from May 17
Recorded 5-17-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: automatic review of the death penalty conviction of Eric Frein; casino taxation and marketing fund distribution; the meaning of the words frequent and frequenting in the Liquor Code regarding minors being allowed in liquor-licensed establishments, oral lease agreements and whether an eviction notice is needed under the Landlord Tenant […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 16
Recorded 5-16-18 in Harrisburg Issues include: Health care provider agreements and in-network Medicare pricing; vacant and abandoned building ordinances, specifically applying to windows and doors; supplemental opinions requested by Superior Court when the presiding judge had retired; nursing homes and compliance with the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, and the presentence withdrawal of […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 15
Recorded 5-15-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax, same sex couple child custody; suppression of evidence obtained during police call to a sorority house and whether a subsequent re-entry and search was valid, school district personal injury claim, grand jury leaks regarding the Fortieth Statewide Independent Grand Jury, and liability waivers.
PA Superior Court Session from April 24
Recorded 4-24-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: confidential informants and whether police must take steps to corroborate their statements before obtaining a search warrant, whether resentencing on all counts should occur when an inmate has completed some of the sentences, whether a down payment and closing costs should be used to determine how real property is divided in a divorce, traffic stops and whether a police officer can rely on a speedometer as probable cause, waterways conservation officer and their ability to stop a boat to check fishing licenses and do a safety check without reasonable suspicion, and the Post-Conviction Relief Act and what steps should be taken when DNA testing casts doubt on a conviction.
PA Supreme Court Session from April 11
Recorded 4-10-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: Natural gas stripper well impact fees, workers’ compensation and whether it should be reimbursed from a lawsuit settlement, interference with the custody of a child and whether that supports a charge of kidnapping by a parent, exceptions to attorney-client privilege, and eminent domain when the owners of condemned parcels of land are misidentified.
PA Supreme Court Session from April 10
Recorded 4-10-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: police traffic stops and probable cause when police stop the same vehicle a second time, underinsured motorist coverage and stacking involving motorcycles, driving under the influence intermediate punishment and whether that affects mandatory sentences, whether an data breach of employee information constitutes negligence on behalf of the hospital system, […]
PA Supreme Court Session from March 6
Recorded 3-6-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: regulation of taxis based outside of Philadelphia that operate part time in the city, an insurance company appealing a workers’ compensation claim, co-conspirator criminal liability, whether a vehicle can be categorized as a deadly weapon in a driving under the influence case, whether a construction workplace is considered the employer for a workers’ compensation claim, and involuntary termination of parental rights.
PA Superior Court Session from Dec. 12
Recorded 12-12-17 in Philadelphia. Issues include: providing false identification to police and if a motorist understood she was under investigation during a routine traffic stop, whether counsel was ineffective during voir dire jury selection for not striking prospective jurors with police relatives, whether counsel was ineffective because it was discovered he had been convicted of […]
PA Supreme Court Session from Nov. 29
Recorded 11-29-17 in Harrisburg. Topics include: circumstantial evidence in a case where an 11-year old was convicted of murdering his pregnant stepmother, search warrant probable cause affidavit and whether a mistake in an address invalidates the warrant, Whistleblower Law and whether the award of noneconomic damages is excessive, a motion to suppress evidence that applies […]