Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
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
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
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
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided Commonwealth v. Brown, No. 32 EM 2023 (Pa. June 16, 2026), reversing a Philadelphia judge’s decision to vacate a second-degree murder conviction for which the District Attorney’s
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The United States Supreme Court has decided Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), holding that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they obtain a person’s cell-phone location data
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The United States Supreme Court has decided United States v. Hemani, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), holding that the government’s prosecution of a marijuana user for possessing a firearm in his own home under
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Broomes, 2026 PA Super 103, ruling that prosecutors could not appeal a trial judge’s decision to let the defense cross-examine the complaining witness in a
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Evans, 2026 PA Super 96, affirming a conviction for false imprisonment of a minor despite alarmingly little evidence. A jury in Montgomery
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Lloyd, 2026 PA Super 115 (June 8, 2026), holding that the Commonwealth did not commit a discovery violation where the arresting
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire, of Goldstein Mehta LLC recently won a new trial for a client in the case of Commonwealth v. J.R. In an opinion and order issued
Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire – Criminal Defense Lawyer
Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire, recently obtained a not guilty verdict on the charge of third-degree murder in Commonwealth v. K.F., a homicide trial in the Philadelphia Court of
