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  • Commonwealth v. Nicoletti

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2228 EDA 2023

    No error in granting change of venue due to substantial and ongoing local and national media coverage of the incident leading to defendant's charges and the surrounding circumstances of the case. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2638 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed from the denial of his first Post Conviction Relief Act petition. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that petitioner was ineligible for PCRA relief where he claimed ineffective assistance of PCRA counsel regarding a conviction for which the court previously vacated petitioner's sentence on direct appeal.