Police syntax in a Fourth Amendment analysis, and trial courts wresting deadlocked charges from a jury

Comm. v. Luczki, 2019 PA Super 179 (June 7, 2019) Out of Allegheny County.  The Superior Court affirmed the trial judge’s denial of suppression, the circumstances of which involved a plain-clothes…


Corporate outlawry and "suspicion and conjecture."

Comm. v. Pi Delta Psi, Inc., 2019 PA Super 167 (May 23, 2019). Out of Monroe County.  This was a rare criminal action against a corporate entity.  This fraternity had been criminally charged, along…