Sept. 6, 2025

Sept. 6, 2025

Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Foster, declined to adopt a bright-line ban on police deception during interrogations, reaffirming that voluntariness of statements is determined under the totality of the circumstances test.

Aug. 24, 2025

The 2024 PA Commonwealth Court decision in Bergenstock v. DOT (69 C.D. 2023) affirms an 18-month operating suspension but reverses a lifetime CDL disqualification for failure to read CDL-specific warnings

Aug. 22, 2025

The non-precedential 2025 PA Superior Court decision in Commonwealth v. Whitcomb (2025 PA Super 180) rejects involuntary intoxication as a defense to DUI under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3802(d)(2).

June 22, 2025

2007 Pennsylvania Superior Court case that examined the sufficiency of evidence for drug-related DUI charges and the constitutionality of DUI laws concerning marijuana metabolites.

June 18, 2025

Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down 75 Pa.C.S. § 3755 as facially unconstitutional, ruling that warrantless blood draws from DUI suspects in emergency care violate Fourth Amendment protections.

June 14, 2025

Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a suppression order, holding that trained officer observations of hand-to-hand transactions and suspicious behavior were sufficient to establish probable cause for arrest in a narcotics case.

June 9, 2025

Superior Court decision in Commonwealth v. Ward confirms that when troopers perform bona fide welfare checks—like responding to visible signs of illness—the public‑servant exception permits a brief, warrantless seizure, even leading to DUI arrests.

June 9, 2025

Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that police had reasonable suspicion to stop a juvenile based on evasive behavior, attire, and proximity to a recent crime, reversing the trial court’s suppression order.

June 8, 2025

Commonwealth v. Neely reaffirms a defendant’s right to a jury instruction that good character evidence alone can raise reasonable doubt and lead to acquittal.