Stephen Jones, 80, was sentenced in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to three to four weeks in jail, about the time it will take to be processed for the 20 years of house arrest he was also ...

Results: Democratic primary for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The Court of Common Pleas is the state's system of general trail courts. There are 60 Common Pleas districts in Pennsylvania.

Common Pleas Court is the upper court in Philadelphia’s two-tier system, and its judges oversee major cases, including felony trials and civil lawsuits, while drawing $227,000 salaries.

This year, there are three openings on Philadelphia Municipal Court and nine on the city’s Common Pleas Court bench. Only one Municipal Court candidate, Amanda Davidson, is rated as ...

Rodney Bass, of Philadelphia and Hilltown, committed the alleged child sex crimes when the victim was under 16 ...

The case of a 26-year-old Philadelphia man accused of killing his father in Upper Darby last year has been sent on to Common Pleas Court with the expectation that the case will resolve in a plea.

Evan Ramon Weron of Souderton, Cody Robert Sebring, of Towamencin, and Ayomal Y. Nanayakkara, of Norristown have all been ...