Conduct-Based Time Credit Under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9760(1): Pre‑Sentence Custody on a Probation Detainer Triggered by New‑Charge Conduct Must Be Credited to the New Sentence Case: Commonwealth v. Phillips,...
Commonwealth v. Lewis: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retains “High‑Crime Area” as a Terry Factor, Offers Non‑Mandatory Guideposts; Justice Wecht Urges Its Abandonment Under Article I, Section 8 Court:...
Post-Strunk Application of §6318: Verbal Pre‑Assault Commands as “Communication” — Justice Mundy’s Concurrence/Dissent in Commonwealth v. Smith (Pa. 2025) Introduction This commentary examines...
Post-Strunk Application of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6318: Verbal Commands as “Communication” for Unlawful Contact with a Minor — Justice Mundy’s Concurrence/Dissent in Commonwealth v. Smith Introduction In...
Context Over Text: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds DOH’s Two‑Lab Testing Rule Under the Medical Marijuana Act (Wecht, J., dissenting) Introduction In Green Analytics North, LLC v. Department of...
Limiting “Other Person Under the Tenant’s Control” to the Initial Invitation Onto the Premises: Justice Wecht’s Dissent in Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh v. Nash Introduction This...
On‑Bill Billing and the Limits of Section 1502: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Non‑Electric Add‑Ons Fall Outside “Service”; Scope of “All Electric Services” Reserved Introduction In Interstate Gas...
Uniformity in Effect, Not Form: Denial of Local Tax Credits to Nonresidents Renders Pittsburgh’s Facility Fee Unconstitutional under Pennsylvania’s Uniformity Clause Introduction In National Hockey...
Tranter v. Z&D Tour: Pennsylvania High Court Rejects “Key Witness” Requirement and Articulates a 100‑Mile Benchmark in Forum Non Conveniens Analysis Introduction In a set of consolidated appeals...
SURE-Based Email Notifications and Accurate Coding as Pennsylvania’s Minimum Statewide Process for Defective Mail‑In Ballots Introduction In Center for Coalfield Justice v. Washington County Board of...
Human Oversight and Secured-Only Systems: Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Interim Framework for Judicial Use of Generative AI Introduction On September 9, 2025, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued...
“Written-Consent Rule” for Reinstated Bail Commonwealth v. Rondon, 294 A.3d ___ (Pa. 2025) 1. Introduction Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District) — Decided 19 Aug 2025 Majority: McCaffery,...
Commonwealth v. Walker (Pa. 2025): Re-defining the Limits of Voir Dire Questions on Legal Principles Introduction In Commonwealth v. Walker, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania—Western...
“No Unity Destroyed, No Severance Achieved” – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Self-Conveyance as a Means of Terminating Joint Tenancy 1. Introduction Grant v. Grant (Pa. 2025) tackles a...
Defining Agency Records in the Social-Media Age: The “Penncrest Factors” under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law 1. Introduction Penncrest School District v. Cagle is the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s...
Supreme Court Clarifies Due-Process Safeguards in Administrative Attorney Suspensions Under Pa.R.D.E. 219 1. Introduction On 13 August 2025 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an order entitled...
Registration Alone Does Not Defeat Privacy The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Clarifies the Commonwealth’s Initial Burden in Vehicle-Search Suppression Hearings Introduction In Commonwealth v. Anderson,...
“ARD Counts, Conviction Doesn’t” – Commentary on Ferguson v. PennDOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Pa. 2025) 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s decision in...
Automatic Administrative Suspension for CLE Non-Compliance: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s July 2025 Order under Pa.R.C.L.E. 111(b) 1. Introduction On 16 July 2025 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania...
Reaffirming the Narrow Application of Permanent Disbarment: The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Clarifies the Keller Threshold in In re Cappuccio 1. Introduction On 2 July 2025, the Supreme Court of...