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1 Nov 2011, 8:04 am
The most common factors cited in the rise of plea bargaining include: crowded court dockets, the oppressiveness of pretrial detention, the low quality of public defenders, the financial incentives of private attorneys, lazy prosecutors and uninformed judges. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 6:05 am
McCafferty, formerly a judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 8:58 am
Twenty states now permit judicial participation in plea negotiations by either procedural rule or the common law. [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 2:27 pm
Getting the Court’s Approval After the parties on both sides have entered into a plea agreement, it is up to the court to accept it. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 5:11 pm
Setting the stage for a key hearing next week on the process for handling court cases involving some 200 Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Justice Department on Wednesday night made a new plea to a federal judge to settle himself some “common issues” in those cases, or else allow the government to appeal to get those issues settled promptly by the D.C. [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 2:11 pm
When confronting felony charges, it is common for the accused to take a plea deal to diminish their sentence. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 8:27 am
The first Xarelto trial is underway in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 6:21 am
Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas issued another decision that continues the uniformity of decisions out of this county ruling that a Plaintiff may assert claims of recklessness in any personal injury litigation whatsoever.The court again relied upon the case of Archibald v. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 1:38 pm
This plea bargain is quite common and the vast majority of first offense drunk driving cases are resolved in this fashion.2. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 7:32 am
One of the most common questions we are asked concerns pleas in criminal cases. [read post]
19 Dec 2021, 9:54 am
In so ruling, Judge Wagner and the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas joined the majority of those trial court across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who have held that allegations of recklessness must be supported by factual allegations of outrageous conduct. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 8:28 pm
Governor Rendell has nominated Lewis Wood Wetzel, Esquire of Dallas and Joseph Van Jura, Esquire of Kingston to fill the open judgeships on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. [read post]
22 Feb 2022, 6:00 am
While these situations are not common, every defendant who is offered a plea deal should be aware that it is a possibility. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 2:51 pm
In this week's Pike County Legal Journal there is an excellent tribute to the late Colonel Henry Thomas, former Court Crier for the Pike County Court of Common Pleas. [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 11:27 am
An appeals court ruling will send the case of an Akron woman convicted for a 2010 deadly car crash back to Summit County Common Pleas Court. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 5:00 am
There are 12 spots open on the Court of Common Pleas (the local trial court) and 3 spots open on the Philadelphia Municipal Court (the […] [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 2:51 pm
The next way to resolve a criminal case, if a plea bargain has not been reached, is by the clients exercising their constitutional right to a court or jury trial. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 6:53 pm
The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals by finding the order finding a common-law marriage was immediately appealable. [read post]
16 May 2017, 10:04 am
Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas has denied a motion to stay of discovery in a bad faith case pending completion of a UIM case, but has also ordered severance of trial of the bad faith claims under which common law bad faith claims will be tried by a jury, and statutory bad faith claims will be tried by the judge. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 7:11 pm
Starting August 1, 2008, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court will have a new Court Administrator named Gregory M. [read post]
