Blog Posts in Sentencing

Recantation of a witness' statements from trial can provide relief. True "after-discovered evidence," which can provide the basis for obtaining post conviction relief after the time for filing a Post ...

The determination that mandatory minimum sentencing schemes in PA were unconstitutional has been held not to apply retroactively The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that the mandatory ...

A mandatory sentence under the State Sentencing Code is what it says... "mandatory." On February 17, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Stotelmyer, No. 73 MAP 2013, J-36-2014 ...

The Alleyne decision renders those Pennsylvania mandatory minimum sentencing statutes that do not pertain to prior convictions constitutionally infirm. The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ...

In a majority opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently declared Megan's Law III unconstitutional. In a case argued by my firm , the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that Megan's Law ...

The sentencing differential between possession of child pornography and distribution can be as many as 15 to 20 years File sharing software as a "default setting" stores numerous files, images, videos ...