Category: VUFA

CASE REVIEW: Commonwealth v. Smerconish, 2015 PA Super 59. In Smerconish, the Appellant had been involuntarily committed because he was suicidal. He attempted to have his firearm rights restored. In order to have his rights restored, he needed to have his involuntary commitment expunged. Appellants expungement was denied….

Update on Mandatory Minimums Is there an update on mandatory minimums in Pennsylvania? Yes. On August 20, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, published their decision in Commonwealth v. Newman, 2014 PA Super 178. The opinion was written by Judge Ford Elliot and it gets…