Pennsylvania Burglary Law

<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Alexander David Webster </h2> </center>

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary, strangulation, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, simple assault, harassment, and terroristic threat.... More...

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Andre Lenell Paden, Appellant

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff post conviction relief. On March 19, 2020, while on state parole as the result of a Monroe County conviction, [Paden] was charged with [the instant] burglary and related offenses in Luzerne County. At the time, he was also facing charges for a crime committed in Lackawanna County. In March of 2022, while represented b... More...

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<H2> Commonwalth of Pennsylvania v. Sabir Bunch

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder for or a double shooting homicide that happened on August 3rd, 2023 in the Olney section of Philadelphia. Sabir Bunch (DOB 11/05/1996) is convicted of two counts of Murder of the First Degree, along with one count of the following: VUFA 6106 (F3) Possessing Instruments of C... More...

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<H2> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jerry Chambers

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with burglary, robbery, theft by extortion, and aggravated assault, Jerry Chambers, of Pittsburgh, accursed of a theft in Verona and was charged in connection with the home invasion in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.... More...

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<H2> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Stephanie Padelski

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary, aggravated assault and criminal trespass. Stephanie Padelski, age 35, was accused for stabbing another woman in the arm as she lay in bed. ... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael Bohl

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary. Michael Bohl, age 37, was accused for attempting to break into several homes. Northern Regional police say at some point, Bohl successfully got inside one of those houses, where he apparently made himself at home and even made himself a snack before allegedly damaging and stealing f... More...

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United States of America v. Torey Dobbin

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a career offender after being convicted of robbing a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and burglary. ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Ismael Terrero-Terrero </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Burglarizing Firearms Dealers and Stole More Than 150 Guns </font/color="red"></center><center> Bethlehem Man Who Burglarized Firearms Dealers and Stole More Than 150 Guns Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison </h2></center> </h... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Derik Carothers </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Johnstown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm </font/color="red"></center><center> Washington, Pa., Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Unlawful Possession of Firearm</h2></center> </h2></center> Derik Carothers, 29, possess... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Shaurn Thomas

<h2> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree murder and weapons offenses. </h2> Thomas, 50, met Akeem Edwards, age 38, through an association of former inmates who had their convictions overturned. A girlfriend whose brother was also wrongly imprisoned for murder introduced Thomas to a childhood friend, who took cocaine wor... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Earnest Fry </h1>

<h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Odometer Tampering </center><center> Harrisburg Man Sentenced To Prison For Odometer Tampering</h2></center> </h2></center> Just months after Earnest Fry, age 45, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Noel Montalvo

York, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represent NoelMontalvo who was charged with 44-year-old Miriam Ascnsio and 37-year-old Nelsn Lugo. [Noel] is the brother of Milton Montalvo ("Milton"). In 1995, Milton and his common law wife, Miriam Ascencio ("Miriam"), moved from Puerto Rico to York County, Pennsylvania. The couple frequently fought, and, around March 1998, Milton moved ou... More...

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United States of America v. Carlos Ariel Ramos

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). In the spring of 2020, York City Police Department received an anonymous complaint of suspected drug dealing out of a residence at 725 Pennsylvania Avenue in York, Pennsylvania. (See Doc. 37-3 at 2). The complainant noted vehicles ... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Johnathan Savage

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery, burglary, and being a person prohibited from possession of firearms, carrying a firearm without a license, and conspiracy. Appellant's convictions stem from a December 11, 2016, burglary of the familial home of Ninja Barnes, Jamil Barnes, and their son I.B. Trial Ct. Op. 7/5/21, at 2. "[B... More...

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United States of America v. David Elmakayes

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using an explosive device to damage an ATM machine and for illegally possessing a firearm. The David Elmakayes, age 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged on June 18, 2020, with malicious damage of property with an explosive device and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, charges which w... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael Allen Bailey

Erie, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with burglary, criminal trespass, and theft by unlawful taking. A jury found Defendant guilty on February 8, 2018.... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado, age 18, was accused of shooting and killing Jeremanuel Negron-Quiles in 2018 over a $20 drug debt. Negron-Quiles, age 22, was found hot in the back on July 6, 2018. # Charge Grade Description Offense Dt. Disposition 1 18 Â§ 2502 Â§... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyquan Atkinson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree and third-degree murder. Tyquan Atkinson, age 22, was charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco who was shot in the chest in March 2021 in FDR park. Defendant testified on his own behalf. The State claimed that the Falacco was killed in revenge for after... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kevin Hicks-Franklin

Erie, Pennsylvania first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kevin Hicks-Franklin, age 23, who was charged with first-degree murder for stabbing to death Starleisha Smith, age 23. Pennsylvania Statutes Chapter 25 Criminal Homicide Sec. 2501. Criminal homicide. 2502. Murder. Enactment. Chapter 25 w... More...

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United States of America v. Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez with illegal re-entry after deportation. Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, PA and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 24 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deporte... More...

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United States of America v. Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"> </center> Philadelphia, PA - Honduran Citizen Known as "Rittenhouse Rapist" Convicted of Federal Immigration Crime Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a citizen of Honduras, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond... More...

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United States of America v. Bobby Leon Cook

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"> </center> Pittsburgh, PA - Guns and Heroin Send Washington County Man to Federal Prison Bobby Leon Cook, aka "Shorty", age 30., a former resident of Detroit, Michigan and recent resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to e... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KENNETH DANIELS

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg.png"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> Pursuant to a plea agreement, Daniels entered a guilty plea to one count of being a convi... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jennifer Morrisey

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bucks_Courthouse.JPG/250px-Bucks_Courthouse.JPG"> </center> Bensalem, PA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Jennifer Morrisey, age 34, with first-degree murder for killing Michael McNew. McNew was found shot between the eyes in his home in August 2017. The Commonwealth cla... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Raymond Charles Rowe

<center> <img width="720" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/01/1862/1048/Rowe-Mirack.jpg?ve=1&tl=1"> </center> Lancaster, PA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Raymond Charles Rowe, age 50, with first-degree murder for killing Christy Mirack in her apartment 27 years ago. Rowe was charged with: 1 8 H1 18 § 2502 �... More...

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Melvin Keith Richardson v. Superintendent Coal Township SCI

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paep.uscourts.gov/sites/paep/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/phila1_0.jpg?itok=2YIDLoh-"> </center> Melvin Richardson was denied counsel for part of his state-court sentencing. But neither his post-sentencing lawyer nor his state-habeas lawyer challenged that denial of counsel. Now, 3 on federal habeas, he seeks to cha... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROY ALLEN GREEN <table> <td>

In 2001, Green was sentenced to 687 months of imprisonment for convictions on federal drug and firearms charges, including a conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Later that same year, while serving that sentence, Green attacked another inmate with a shank. Green then pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to commit murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(1). ... More...

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United States of America v. Juan H. Ramos

The government appeals the District Court’s determination at sentencing that Juan Ramos is not a “career offender” under Section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. That determination was based on the conclusion that Ramos’s prior state court conviction for aggravated assault is not a predicate “crime of violence,” as that term is defined in the Guidelines. We disagree with that c... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN H. RAMOS <table> <td>

Ramos’s status as a career offender is dictated by his criminal record, which includes several prior felony convictions. First, in July 1998, Ramos “threw a brick at the nose of a 10-year-old child,” who then required medical treatment at a local hospital.1 As a result, Ramos pled guilty to aggravated assault in the Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court.2 Second, in October 1999, Ramos w... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SHAUN L. GRAVES <table> <td>

On the evening of October 16, 2014, Officer Dennis Simmons of the Harrisburg Police Department was conducting an undercover surveillance operation in a highcrime area of the city while dressed in plainclothes and sitting in an unmarked car. While in his car, Officer Simmons heard a radio dispatch about possible gunshots in an unspecified area east of his location. The dispatch went on to describ... More...

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Paul Satterfield v. District Attorney of Philadelphia Co0unty; Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Society views the conviction of an innocent person as perhaps the most grievous mistake our judicial system can commit. Reflecting the gravity of such an affront to liberty, the “fundamental miscarriage of justice” exception has evolved to allow habeas corpus petitioners to litigate their constitutional claims despite certain procedural bars if the petitioner can make a... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Allen Wade

Pittsburgh, PA - Jury Convicts Man of Killing Sisters The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Allen Wade, age 45, with two counts of first-degree capital murder for slaying two sisters, Susan and Sarah Wolfe. The State claimed that Wade shot and killed Susan while trying to steal credit cards and PIN numbers and then killed Sarah when she returned home. He then drove Sarah's car to a Ci... More...

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United States Of America v. Thomas Steiner

During the execution of two separate search warrants at properties that police believed were owned or occupied by defendant Thomas Steiner, police seized, among other things, a sawed-off shotgun, .32 and .38 caliber ammunition, and gauge shotgun ammunition. As a result, Steiner was indicted on two counts for being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. �... More...

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United States of America v. Kevin Abbott

We are asked to determine whether Pennsylvania's criminal statute proscribing possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 35 PA. STAT. ANN. Â§ 780- 113(a)(30), is a "divisibleâ€ statute under Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013). If it is divisible, then convictions under that statute are subject to the modified categorical approach when determining if they are... More...

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Brittany Morrow v. Barry Balaski

As is so often the case, the issues in this appeal arise from unsettling facts presented by sympathetic plaintiffs.1 We are asked to decide whether public schools have a constitutional duty to protect students from abuse inflicted by fellow students under the circumstances alleged here. Appellants, Brittany and Emily Morrow, and their parents, Bradley and Diedre Morrow, brought this actio... More...

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Na Cola Darcel Franklin

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Na Cola Darcel Franklin, age 32, with first-degree murder in conjunction with the death of her fiance, Billy Brewster, on their wedding day. The defendant testified that she grabbed a large kitchen knife after Brewster came home drunk from an impromptu bachelor party at a strip club around 2 a.m., beat her and tried to take their 9-month-old baby f... More...

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United States of America v. Denorris Malone

This appeal requires that we determine whether Denorris Mahone"s conviction for making terroristic threats under Â§ 2706 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code constitutes a "crime of violenceâ€ under United States Sentencing Guideline (U.S.S.G.) Â§ 2K2.1(a)(2). We conclude, based on the record before us, that Mahone"s conviction qualifies as a crime of violence. For that reason, we... More...

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Emmitt Grier, Jr. v. Superintendent Edward J. Klem

Appellant-Plaintiff Emmitt Grier, Jr. ("Grierâ€) appeals from the District Court's decision granting Appellee- Defendants Erie County District Attorney's ("District Attorneyâ€) and Superintendent Edward Klem's motion to dismiss his Â§ 1983 claim, determining it is barred by the Heck rule.1 For the following reasons, this Court will vacate the District Court's order and remand for furth... More...

$0 (01-13-2010 - PA)

Michael Kossler v. Steven Crisanti; Donzi's Bar

This appeal raises a discrete issue involving a malicious prosecution claim brought under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 and Pennsylvania state law: Whether a conviction for disorderly conduct and a contemporaneous acquittal for aggravated assault and public intoxication under the relevant Pennsylvania statutes constitute a favorable termination of the state criminal proceeding against the plaintiff whose in... More...

$0 (04-23-2009 - PA)

Kimberly Wright v. City of Philadelphia

Kimberly Wright sued the City of Philadelphia and others on a civil rights theory claiming that she was wrongfully arrested by Philadelphia police officers for burglary. Wright told police that she had been raped and that she broke into her attacker's house to secure evidence against him. Wright claimed that she was attacked shortly after 4 a.m. on December 16, 1999 after her car broke down at ... More...

$610000 (05-12-2006 - PA)