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Enhanced Penalty for Refusing Blood Sample in DUI Arrest in Pa. is illegal following Birchfield v North Dakota.

No. 1,309 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. MARIO GIRON, SUPERIOR COURT, NO. 1300 EDA 2016, FILED JANUARY 31, 2017 “Appellant, Mario Giron, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on April 15, 2016. In this case, we hold that, pursuant to Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016),[1] a defendant who refuses to provide a blood sample when […]

Recent Retweet: Marbury v Madison anniversary

No. 1308 West Wing ReportsVerified account‏ @WestWingReport  Feb 24 On This Day. 1803: A hallmark of American democracy—the principle of checks & balances— was affirmed by Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison

Who Is the Worst President?

No. 1,307 Every few years on President’s Day, somebody conducts a survey of history professors to determine the rankings of Presidents.  Lincoln always wins and Washington is always second.  The two Roosevelts follow behind. There hasn’t been much movement in these top ranks.  James Buchanan has been ranked at the bottom of this poll.  The […]

Please Don’t Send Me Emails with Links

No. 1,306 A colleague told me recently that he had received an unsolicited email from an alleged jobseeker.  At the bottom of the page was a link to his supposed resume. You guessed it. My friend had fallen for a ransomware scheme and it was costly.  Lawyers are particularly vulnerable because there are client files […]

Recent Retweets

No. 1,305 Hack Spirit â€@hackspiritorg  Feb 18 Holding onto anger isn’t very useful. Martin Soorjoo â€@martinsoorjoo  Feb 17 “The trouble is, you think you have time” sententiae antiquae â€@sentantiq  Feb 15 “When among madmen, you should act completely mad.” μετὰ μαινομένων φάσιν χρῆναι μαίνεσθαι πάντας ὁμοίως #Callias #Insanity

Measure Thrice, Cut Once

No. 1,304 I received a comment through the contact box this week.  In case you haven’t noticed, I shut down the comments after each post some months ago because they were being flooded with robotic spam. Even Captcha couldn’t stem the flow completely.  So, if you want to leave a comment, you can reach me […]

Recent Retweets

No. 1,303 Here’s a few tweets that I retweeted recently. Pope Francis â€@Pontifex  Feb 4 Take action! Live life to the full! And when others see the witness you give, they may ask: why do you live this way? 514 replies12,933 retweets33,733 likes  ******************************************************************* sententiae antiquae â€@sentantiq  Feb 4 “No lie lasts through old age” ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν ἕρπει ψεῦδος […]

Bad links and the Obituary to End All

No. 1,302 If you cannot open a link, let me know in the message box in the right-hand column of this blog and I will email the item to you. I recently received an inquiry from a reader stating that the obituary in No. 1,300 would not open.  I tried it and it worked for me. […]

Advice on Decision-making from the Master

No. 1,301 The following recently appeared in Quora.

In case you missed it — here’s a link to the obituary to end all obituaries.

No. 1,300 Click here.   Yes this is a real obituary that appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. I published the link rather than cutting and pasting so you could see where it originated.  I hear his family was unaware of it, but says its just like him. Maybe you’ll wish you knew him. CLT

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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