Bench Warrants in Philadelphia, PAA bench warrant is a judge’s order for your arrest because you missed court. It does not expire, and ignoring it does not make it go away. In Philadelphia, there are two ways to resolve one:
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Ames, 2026 PA Super 179 (Pa. Super. Aug. 10, 2026), holding that a parole agent conducted a custodial interrogation when he took a parolee into
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 2026 PA Super 171 (Pa. Super. Aug. 3, 2026), holding that the Commonwealth failed to establish a prima facie case of receiving stolen property against
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Ramsey, 2026 PA Super 169 (en banc), holding that a PCRA petition filed before the judgment of sentence becomes final is a legal nullity. The
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided Commonwealth v. Steadly, 62 EAP 2024 (Pa. July 21, 2026), holding that when police arrest a defendant based solely on a warrant, the Commonwealth must
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided Commonwealth v. Osman, 81 MAP 2024 (Pa. July 21, 2026), holding that a defendant convicted of Tier I and Tier II sexual offenses in a single case, with no
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided In the Interest of T.T.-S., 2026 PA Super 136, a new published juvenile search case holding that interim probation is not the same as an adjudication of
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Duckett, 2026 PA Super 149, a new published case affirming a York County judgment of sentence after the defense filed an untimely omnibus pretrial motion. The lesson
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Younger, 2026 PA Super 125, a new published case affirming an Allegheny County judge’s decision to deny bail in two pending criminal cases. The
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On June 18, 2026, the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant’s promise not to appeal his sentence cannot be enforced when enforcing it would produce a miscarriage of justice, meaning an
