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  • Commonwealth v. Merced

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 231 MDA 2023

    Trial court violated defendant's ex post facto rights by sentencing him under a criminal statute that became effective after defendant's criminal conduct. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 987 WDA 2022

    Court remanded dismissal of Post Conviction Relief Act petition where defendant supplemented with claims of ineffective assistance of PCRA counsel and PCRA court failed to adequately explain the reasons for dismissing the petition. Order of the PCRA court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Baumann

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1923 EDA 2022

    Trial court erroneously revoked probation for defendant's failure to submit to a polygraph where an exam was one of three options for complying with sex offender treatment and defendant was participating in another option. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Glover v. Junior

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1369 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed from the trial court's domestic relations order granting appellee's petition for pre-birth establishment of parentage of the child that the female couple conceived through in vitro fertilization during marriage. The court affirmed, concluding that appellee had a contractual and an "intent-based" right to parentage.

  • Commonwealth v. Crenshaw

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 49 WDA 2022

    Appellants were not subject to Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act registration requirements where they were subject to passive notification requirements in North Carolina and their offense of conviction under the North Carolina taking indecent liberties with children statute was broader in scope than the Pennsylvania indecent assault statute. Judgments of sentence vacated.

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  • Estate of McFadden v. McFadden

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 263 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in denying appellant's petition to strike and/or open a foreign judgment because the deficient certification of the docket entries was apparent on the face of the record. Reversed and remanded.

  • Belfor Prop. Restoration v. Ravenwood Manor, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 291 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to strike its lien claim. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

  • Commonwealth v. Seladones

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 377 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in sentencing defendant at a third-degree felony grading for theft by unlawful taking where there was no finding by the jury or admission in open court by defendant as to the value of the stolen items. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Pridgen

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 78 MDA 2023

    Although PCRA court neglected to address defendant's claims of ineffectiveness against current PCRA counsel, defendant was not prejudiced where his primary claims of ineffective assistance by his initial PCRA counsel decades ago did not meet any of the timeliness exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Weatherholtz v. McKelvey

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 190 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in entering a protective order under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act because appellee's petition was filed after the six-year statute of limitations had run and was barred by the statute. Reversed.