The Superior Court held that unreasonable noise under Pennsylvania’s disorderly-conduct statute is judged from the totality of the circumstances, expressly rejecting a federal court’s four-factor reading of state law.
The Superior Court vacated a pretrial bail revocation because the Commonwealth presented no testimony or exhibits and the trial court relied only on an unsworn prosecutorial proffer.
The Superior Court held that a detective could not recount a stepmother’s description of a child victim’s alleged prior statement without an exception covering each layer of hearsay.
The Superior Court held that a guilty plea in one county did not preclude PCRA review in another county where the first court never decided the related suppression motion.