What a ShotSpotter Alert Can — and Can't — Justify: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decides Foster

When a microphone on a city utility pole reports gunfire, and a police officer shows up moments later and finds someone standing nearby, can the officer stop that person? That is, roughly, the…


Three From the Superior Court in One Day: Another Probation Win, a Lesson on Commonwealth Appeals, and a Burglary Question That Wasn't Close

On May 20, 2026, the Superior Court handed down three precedential decisions in criminal cases. They don't share a common theme — one is about probation revocation, one is about when the Commonwealth…


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