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Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977), is a United States Supreme Court criminal law decision holding that a police officer ordering a person out of a car following a traffic stop and conducting a pat-down to check for weapons did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
After these ordinances were enacted the General Assembly passed House Bill 185 on October 4, 1994, which amended Title 18 of the Crimes Code, including the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act, 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6101–6124. The amendment, which appears at 18 Pa.C.S. § 6120, provided that no county, municipality or township could regulate the ...
The Uniform Firearms Act (UFA) is a set of statutes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that defines the limits of Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the right to bear arms, which predates the United States Constitution and reads: "The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned."
Philadelphia consistently ranks above the national average in terms of crime, especially violent offenses. It has the highest violent crime rate of the Top 10 American cities with a population greater than 1 million residents as well as the highest poverty rate among these cities.
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Philadelphia County is unique in Pennsylvania in that it is a consolidated city-county, and so while the county is technically not governed by a home rule charter (and is therefore not included on the list), the fact that Philadelphia City (which constitutes the same land area as and administers all the governmental affairs of Philadelphia ...
Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act: 1957 Uniform Dormant Mineral Interests Act: 1986 Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act: 1979, 1987 Uniform Electronic Transactions Act: 1999 Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (UEVHPA) [1] 2006 Uniform Employment Termination Act: 1991 Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act ...
Jul. 11—PORT CARBON — The most serious offenses against a former New Philadelphia couple charged with animal cruelty were dismissed Tuesday after Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko ...