In the recent case of Pena-Rodrigues v. Colorado, 580 U.S. _ (2017), the United States Supreme Court held that when a juror makes a clear statement indicating that he or she relied on racial bias in convicting a criminal defendant, the Sixth Amendment requires that the no-impeachment rule yield to permit the trial court to consider […]
Sec. 1983 Action Based on the 4th Amendment
On March 21, 2017, in Manuel v. City of Joliet, 580 U.S. _ (2017), the United States Supreme Court, in a majority opinion authored by Justice Kagen, ruled that in a Section 1983 action (a federal cause of action for “the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution”), a plaintiff can challenge pretrial […]
Criminal Lawyer Update: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Minimum Sentence in Sex Case
On June 20, 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Pennsylvania v. Wolfe, with the opinion authored by Chief Justice Saylor, struck down the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718, which mandated for mandatory minimums for certain offenses where the victim is less than 16 years of age. Wolfe involved two convictions for […]
Brad V. Shuttleworth, Esq. Named, “Super Lawyers Rising Star”
Brad V. Shuttleworth again has been named as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star. According to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers website: “Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations […]
Police Need a Warrant to Search a Personal Computer
On June 5, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided the case of Commonwealth v. Sodomsky, 2015 PA Super 133 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015), wherein it held that police need a warrant to search a personal computer, even where the computer was not in the possession of the defendant, but at a computer store for servicing. […]
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