Affirmed convictions of contractor and bookkeeper for embezzling escrow deposits and contractor fraud. Contractual escrow agents qualify as fiduciaries under embezzlement statute.
Sobriety checkpoint case turning on whether Division Commander's Order 10-DFS-35 was part of the checkpoint's applicable guidelines, which determine if screening officer properly questioned defendant.
Defendant convicted of larceny for stealing metal from construction site. Whether honest but objectively unreasonable belief property was abandoned can negate specific intent to steal.
Affirmed convictions for inducing minors to prostitution and deriving support from prostitution. Evidence sufficient; jury instructions proper.
Affirmed false report conviction; reversed and remanded criminal harassment conviction due to ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to privileged marital communications and insufficiently authenticated evidence.
Statements made by arrested defendant more than six hours after arrest are inadmissible under Rosario rule when they result from police questioning, even if defendant initiates the conversation.
Witness ordered to testify at murder trial after immunity granted, refused, and was held in summary contempt. Affirmed despite claims of anticipatory contempt.
Defendant's motion to correct unlawfully imposed parole supervision triggered restructuring of his entire sentencing scheme without violating double jeopardy, provided probation revocation penalties did not exceed remaining original sentence time.
Defendant stipulated orally that substance was cocaine. Jury learned of stipulation only during judge's final instructions. Court held stipulation relieves Commonwealth of proving element beyond introduction of stipulation itself.
Conviction affirmed where defendant stipulated to all elements of firearm and drug charges; admission of unchallenged certificates harmless beyond reasonable doubt.
