Pennsylvania Verdicts & Court Cases
3,991 verdicts, settlements, and court decisions from Pennsylvania.
United States of America v. Luis Rosa-Hernandez
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing and manufacturing firearms without a license and possess machine guns.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Aaron Hertel and Michael Brown
Erie, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud. Aaron Hertel, 47, of North East, Pennsylvania, and Michael Brown, 49, of Erie, Pennsylvania led, managed, and supervised a conspiracy involving numerous employees at
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mahmoud Almasry, a/k/a Mohammad Jiham
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, as well as aggravated identity theft. Mahmoud Almasry, also known as Mohammad Jiham, 44, fraudulently entered the United States in 2016 by assuming anot
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Pierre Thomas
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John O’Brien
John O’Brien of Masury, Ohio, engaged in a scheme with others to defraud Primary Health Network, a non-profit medical organization headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, through the submission of fraudulent invoices, including from the telecommunications company O’Brien controlled. The four oth
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eric Raheem Pierce
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition. During the course of several controlled drug purchases, Eric Raheem Pierce, age 38, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, distributed approximately 35 grams of fentany
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Geoffrey Magistrate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. The Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”) Global Illicit Financial Team (“GIFT”) identified David Metcalf announced that Geoffrey Magistrate, 61, a current
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlos Sacanell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with insider trading. Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment in October 2024. In September of last year, he pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud (insider trading
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Javon Pope
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to remove property and take other action to prevent seizure in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2232(a) as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The Defe
View VerdictAndre 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 a
View VerdictSherice Sargent, et al.v . School District of Philadelphia, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on an Equal Protection challenge to the School District’s 2022 Admissions Policy for four selective high schools. The School District of Philadelphia has three types of high schools: (1) neighborhood schools;
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dameia O. Smith, a/k/a "Omar," a/k/a "D"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. More than twenty years ago, a jury convicted Dameia Smith of both solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. The jury also convicted
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Donyell Soper and National Sanders
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Donyell Soper, 15, of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and Nathan Sanders, 17, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, accused with killing a 15-yearold boy shot multiple times.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Terrie Lawson
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of theft by deception, a count of access device fraud, forgery and tampering with records or identification. Terri Lawson, age 52, of Edgewood, Pennsylvania, accused of misused a credit card when
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bryce Hill
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Bryce Hill, age 28, of Seattle, Washington, was a member of the Phoenix-based Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization—a transnational criminal organiza
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ja’Shon Spencer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Ja’Shon Spencer, 22, possessed a Glock semiautomatic pistol equipped with a machinegun conversion device (MCD) or “Glock switch.” A MCD is a device that converts a semiau
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Randolf Simmons
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 35 total charges relating to trafficking, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related offenses. Randolf Simmons, 46, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, accused for drug and human traffick
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jorge Alberto Santamaria-Cortes
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. Alberto Alberto Santamaria-Cortes, age 47, a Mexican national who was residing in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, illegally reentered the United States sometime after he had be
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Yujun Ren
Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Yujun Ren accused of killing Yuan Yuan Lu. Lu had told police Ren carried a gun with him everywhere, and she was scared of him. Lu was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside her car.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chris Byard, Daquan Bishop
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and related charges. Chris Byard, 27, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related charges. Daquan Bishop, 28, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kristian Jackson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting carjacking.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlian Gonzalez
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. On September 14, 2023, Carlian Gonzalez, age 36, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, robbed a victim of his cell phone on a sidewalk in North Philadelphia, pointing a gun to his h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Walter Tharrington, aka “Black” and “Roaadblock"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, coercion of a minor.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Genesis Delgado Rosa
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy launder money. Rosa participated in a conspiracy commonly referred to as a grandparent fraud scheme. In this instance, an international organized crime group based in the Dominican Republic conduct
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. D’arrius Tyrese Edwards
West Chester, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with kidnapping and other charges. D’arrius Tyrese Edwards, 20, of Chester, Pennsylvania crashed a vehicle into nearby woods then used his head to break a classroom window before going inside and grabbing a ch
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Andre Maurice London
West Chester, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of persons not to possess a firearm, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6105(a).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John Frances “Jack” Griffin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. John Frances “Jack” Griffin, 62, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the principal and founder of Second Story Farming Inc., which did business as Metropolis Farms. Second Story Farming had
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ismael Echevarria-Vazquez
Berks County, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Ismael Echevarria-Vazquez, at 31, charged with murder for shooting and killing a man he claimed had broken into his home.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Christopher Oliver
Reading, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ttempted murder, aggravated assault - serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Arturo Perez Ramirez
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in application for a passport and aggravated identity theft. Arturo Perez Ramirez, age 26, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2019, af
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jerry Chambers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with home invasion. Jerry Chambers, of Pittsburgh, was arrested in a theft in Verona and was charged in connection with the home invasion in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ruben Rodriguez
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. On April 11, 2019, following a jury trial before this Court, the Defendant was found guilty of Criminal Attempt - Murder, Aggravated Assault[1], Conspiracy to Commit
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Corey Adkins
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Corey Adkins, 28, entered the guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge Nora B
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jermaine Turner
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with kidnapping and assault. Turner accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman he knew between Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. Police said the victim was driven to a bank during the incident to withdraw money, where she wa
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tirig Henson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with helping another person bypass airport security at the Philadelphia International Airport. On March 9, 2024, Tirig Henson, age 34, of Philadelphia, employed as a wheelchair assistant at Philade
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Damon Bell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and carrying and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of Violence. On April 15, 2024, at approximately 3:20 a.m., the victim was sitting in his car in a surface parking lot at 13th and Vi
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Francisco Baez
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gerald Ford, III
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Primiero
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, coercion or enticement of a minor, receipt and attempted receipt of material depicitng the sexual exploitation of a m
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Nicole Leone
Erie, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft. Nicole Leone, the executive director of the Erie Humane Society accused of stealing thousands from the shelter in Erie County Court Friday morning.
View VerdictCommonwalth 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 De
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Abdullah Hartage
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two violent home invasion robberies targeting business owners and employees. Abdullah Hartage, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and codefendant Ali Chandler were charged by superseding indictment in Octob
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Donnell Brunson
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and assault and battery. During trial prosecutors demonstrated that intimate partner violence is not just physical. It is emotional, psychological, and rooted in abuse and control. This case
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Aiden G. Deininger and Jeremiah Cleveland
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two dozen counts against him, including attempted murder of a police officer, attempted murder and aggravated assault. Jeremiah Cleveland, 21, of Scranton, pleaded guilty to five of six counts, including agg
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death and four counts of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly do
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist. Herrera was also convicted of aggravated assault, attempt to cause serious bodil
View VerdictCommonwealth 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 n
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat to injure a local public official and making false statements to government agents. On May 20, 2025, Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, knowingly and willfully transmitted via a social media messag
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sean Hernandez (alias Raafi Gorham)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant, charged with murder. Sean Hernandez (alias Raafi Gorham) was charged with murder for the beating death of 2-year-old Key’Monnie Bean. Sean Hernandez (DOB 08/28/2004) is charged with the following: Murder, Endangeri
View VerdictCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyvine Jones
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Tyvine Jones charged with multiple murders. Jones, a member of the "Blumberg gang" was wanted for three separate murders in the City of Philadelphia. According to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, the fir
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