The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (SCOPA) heard oral arguments in Commonwealth v. Torsilieri on May 23, 2023. I donโt think the arguments were all too exciting. However, several interesting issues were made such as at what recidivism rate the General Assembly considers to be โhigh riskโ, whether the irrebuttable presumption test is useful anymore, whetherย โnot universally trueโ an accurate benchmark…
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PA Superior Court Decides Com. v. John Aumick, 2023 PA Super 103 (Aumick II)
In an article I published on July 13, 2022, I promised I would update you on the Superior Court Com. v. John Aumick, 2022 PA Super. 33 (Aumick I) . I also wrote, โ[n]ormally I donโt write articles on Superior Court cases for two reasons: 1) an application for en banc (full court) reargument can be filed whereas, if granted,…
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