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On October 30, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Commonwealth v. Yohe, where it held that it is not a violation of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause for a forensic toxicology analyst who merely interpreted test results of a DUI blood sample, but did not actually conduct the testing, to testify about the result. The […]

It’s official – the Montgomery County website has Gail Weilheimer listed as the top vote getter and Steven Tolliver listed in second place, just slightly ahead of the two Republican candidates Maureen Coggins and Sharon Giamporcaro. Most people in the know had difficulty calling this race as it was not clear whether Democrats had the […]

On October 22, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided United States v. Katzin, a long-awaited Fourth Amendment ruling. The court answered a major question that was left open in United States v. Jones, decided two years prior: Does an officer need a warrant before attaching a “slap-on” GPS receiver to a car in order […]

A Georgia doctor is facing perjury charges for allegedly lying about his credentials as an expert witness in DUI cases in Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Centre and Clinton counties. The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office is leading the prosecution and charged 68-year-old Dr. Joseph Citron with two felony counts of perjury, two counts of false swearing […]

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania held in Commonwealth v. Barr , just a few days ago, that a trial court must submit to the jury the issue of whether the defendant in a DUI refusal case was properly informed of Pennsylvania’s implied consent law and the penalties for a chemical test refusal. The court applied […]