Pennsylvania Lewd Molestation Law
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Matthew Ryan White
<h2><br> Clearfield, Pennsylvania assault and battery criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> On February 6, 2023, a criminal information was filed against Appellant charging him with the aforementioned criminal offenses. On May 2, 2023, a jury found Appellant guilty of simple assault - caused bodily injury, and not guilty of simple assault - attempted to cause bodily ... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - PA)USA v. Robert Caesar
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with federal child pornography charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The evidence at issue was gathered by State Police<br> officers pursuant to three search warrants while investigating<br> Caesar for various sexual offenses involving minors. Because <br> our Fourth Amendment inquiry turns on ... More...
$0 (07-17-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Matthew Handy
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellant Matthew Handy challenges the District Court’s application of two sentencing enhancements: the obstruction-of-justice enhancement, U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, and the vulnerable-victim enhancement, id. § 3A1.1(b)(1). Because we agree that the District Court plainly erred in ap... More...
$0 (03-25-2019 - PA)Brandy Kane v. Shawn Barger
On June 27, 2013, Brandy Kane went to the hospital and reported that she may have been the victim of a sexual assault. That night, Officer Shawn Barger of the Coraopolis Police Department went to the hospital to interview Kane regarding the possible assault. At that time, Kane says Barger told her to bring the clothes she wore during the alleged incident to him at the police station.<br> The next ... More...
$0 (08-23-2018 - PA)United States of America v. Christopher Welshans
Appellant Christopher Welshans was convicted of distribution and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252. In this direct appeal, Welshans raises two claims. First, he argues that his due process right to a fair trial was violated because the prosecution informed the jury, through both evidence and argument, that his child pornography files included deeply abhorrent videos... More...
$0 (06-14-2018 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHISTOPHER WELSHANS <table> <td>
In February 2014, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General determined that child pornography was being shared by an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a subscriber later identified as Welshans’s aunt. Law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on her home on March 21, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. The agents found no child pornography, but learned that Welshans, who lived nearby, used... More...
$0 (06-21-2018 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mark A. Haynes, David M. Whitcomb and Daniel H. Graff
York, PA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Mark A. Haynes, David M. Whitcomb and Daniel H. Graff official oppression in violation of 18 P.S. 903, conspiracy in violation of 18 P.S. 5301 and harassment in violation of 18 P.S. 2709 claiming that they defendants county prison guards staged fights between inmates as part of a "Fight Club" that pitted inmates against one another. The State cla... More...
$0 (01-08-2016 - PA)United States of America v. Kenneth Schneider
These appeals concern the criminal conviction of Kenneth Schneider on the charge of traveling in foreign commerce with the intent to engage in sex with a minor between the ages of twelve and sixteen, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) (2000). They pose questions involving pre- and post-trial motions, evidentiary issues, and a sentencing issue, each of which Schneider asserts was incorrectly deci... More...
$0 (09-09-2015 - PA)Natalie Munroe v. Central Bucks School District
Plaintiff Natalie Munroe filed this First Amendment<br> retaliation action against Defendants Central Bucks School<br> District (“School District”), School District Superintendent N.<br> Robert Laws, and Central Bucks East High School (“CB<br> East”) Principal Abram Lucabaugh. The School District fired<br> Munroe, an English teacher at CB East, after her blog—in<br> which she made a numb... More...
$0 (09-04-2015 - PA)Natalie Munroe v. Central Bucks School District
In 2006, Munroe was hired by the School District and assigned to teach English at CB East in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Her performance evaluations indicated that she was generally considered to be an effective and competent teacher. For example, an October 2006 review praised her abilities and work habits. In June 2008, Lucabaugh wrote a letter of recommendation in support of Munroe’s applic... More...
$0 (09-05-2015 - PA)K.A. v. Pcono Mountain School District
K.A. was a fifth-grade student at the Barrett Elementary Center of the Pocono Mountain School District (the ―School District‖), who was prohibited from distributing invitations to her classmates to a Christmas party at her church. Her father filed suit on K.A.'s behalf, alleging that the School District had violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The District Court, apply... More...
$0 (03-12-2013 - PA)Justin Layshock v. Hermitage School District
We are asked to determine if a school district can punish a student for expressive conduct that originated outside of the schoolhouse, did not disturb the school environment and was not related to any school sponsored event. We hold that, under these circumstances, the First Amendment prohibits the school from reaching beyond the schoolyard to impose what might otherwise be appropriate discipline.... More...
$0 (06-13-2011 - PA)<a href="http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinions/001148.txt" target="_new">Robert Warren v. Reading School District</a>
Lori Good brought this action on behalf of her minor son, Robert Warren, seeking damages under Title IX for sexual abuse he received at the hands of his fourth grade teacher in a school that was part of the defendant school district. Plaintiff also contends that the school's principal was individually liable for damages under 42 U.S.C.S 1983. The jury returned a verdict against the school di... More...
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