Juveniles and De Facto Life Sentences

This was an appeal out of Venango County. This appeal is one of many in a line of cases—both in federal and state courts—that have addressed sentencing of juveniles. The holding of this case was…


Comm. v. Murphy, 2018 PA Super 35 (Feb. 20, 2018)

This was an appeal out of Dauphin County. The appellant, Edgar Murphy, Jr., had filed several post-conviction-relief appeals (PCRAs), and the instant one was blatantly untimely.  Murphy had also…


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