· 5/18/2016
Justin L. Horstead v. State of Tennessee
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- “When a defendant who is convicted in Philadelphia Municipal Court files a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, ‘the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas sits as an appellate court.’”
- the “law of the case doctrine bars a judge from revisiting rulings previously decided by another judge of the same [or a higher] court, absent exceptional circumstances.” (citation omitted; some capitalization modified)
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Judges: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
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