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  • Commonwealth v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 718 WDA 2022

    Defendant lacked standing to contest search and seizure of items from his vehicle after he abandoned the car following a motor vehicle accident. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Raling

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1430 WDA 2022

    Trial court did not misstate the law where it exercised discretion to deny parole to defendant who had completed minimum sentence where trial court determined defendant needed to complete drug/alcohol treatment for his parole to be successful. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 633 WDA 2022

    Police had exigent circumstances for warrantless search of medically incapacitated person's vehicle and backpack where the person could not give his identity to the officers, who reasonably searched the vehicle and backpack for identification. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Kistler v. Dietrich

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1694 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's negligence action against defendants over his automobile accident because defendants, conducting an estate sale on their property, owed no duty to appellant to direct traffic on the road or to restrict legal, on-street parking. Affirmed.

  • Simone v. Alam

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1536 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's slip and fall action for failure to join an indispensable party, co-owner of the property because appellant's claim was expressly premised, in part, on ownership of the real property. Affirmed.

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  • In re R.H.M.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 530 MDA 2023

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment to father in mother's petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights on the basis of child being conceived as a result of rape because collateral estoppel applied based on trial court's finding in favor of father in mother's petition for a sexual violence protection order. Affirmed.

  • Sinoracki v. The Children's Serv. Ctr. of Wyoming Valley

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1064 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendants, Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley and CSC doctor, in appellant's action for negligence after child treated by defendants assaulted and killed neighbor because appellant failed to show defendants owed neighbor's family a duty of care. Affirmed.

  • Golik v. Erie. Ins. Exch

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1110 WDA 2022

    Subsequently named insured on auto policy was presumed to have constructive knowledge of prior first named insured's execution of UM stacking waiver, which bound the subsequently named insured if they took no steps to alter their coverage. Judgment of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Whitmire

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1302 WDA 2022

    Defendant appealed his conviction of DUI-controlled substance and court agreed with trial court, found Commonwealth v. Watts, 283 A.3d 1252, was controlling, it was illegal to drive with any amount of marijuana, medical or otherwise, in a driver's system and found there was no evidence of entrapment and commonwealth sufficiently showed appellant drove. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Deible

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1258 WDA 2022

    Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to support an animal cruelty conviction where record showed defendant's dog's coat had become matted and filled with foreign debris, with such a condition only possible after a long period of ignoring the dog's poor appearance. Judgment of sentence affirmed.