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  • Commonwealth v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 2545 EDA 2022

    Post Conviction Relief Act petition was properly denied as untimely where general allegations of prosecutorial misconduct or allegations of police misconduct in other cases could not support the government interference or newly-discovered facts exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • O.H. Bel Air Partners LP v. Hinton

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 147 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in calculating damages for unpaid rent where evidence indicated landlord applied tenant's rental assistance payments for months that it had a lapsed rental license. Judgment of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 2288 EDA 2021

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in consolidating three robbery indictments for single trial where the evidence from each robbery was relevant to demonstrate defendant's common scheme as defendant claimed that he had no intent to rob the victims. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1066 EDA 2022

    Unprovoked flight in a high-crime area was sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion to support an investigative detention, and using show of authority or force to temporarily detain a suspect did not rise to the level of a custodial detention. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1209 WDA 2021

    Trial court in bench trial had sufficient basis to reject insanity defense based on defendant's admission on the date of her crimes that she fled from police because she did not want to get in trouble or go to jail, which supported an inference that she understood the legal or moral wrongness of her actions. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Prensky v. Talaat

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 636 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed a trial court order setting out the terms of the parties' agreement to settle their property trespass dispute and court found the order was not final, did not contain an injunction and was not appealable. Appeal quashed.

  • In re: Adoption of A.M.W.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 519 MDA 2021

    The trial court applied the wrong standard in evaluating former stepfather's asserted in loco parentis status for purposes of standing in an adoption proceeding, as precedent required the court to consider whether he had a genuine and substantial interest in formalizing a permanent parental relationship with the adoptee-child, which surpassed the interest of ordinary, unrelated strangers. The appellate court vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Bathurst

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 821 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly denied suppression motion in DUI case where police approached vehicle to conduct a welfare check and did not detain the driver until observing signs of alcohol intoxication. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2022-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 918 WDA 2019

    Child sex abuse victim's forensic interview could be admitted under tender years exception where it displayed sufficient indicia of reliability and where defense counsel opened the door to its admission by questioning the victim on his interview statements on cross-examination. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • DeRosa v. Gordon

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1121 EDA 2022

    The trial court did not err in finding that the presumption of paternity did not apply since mother's marriage to husband was no longer in intact and that paternity by estoppel did not apply given the married couple's "swinger" lifestyle and the putative father's regular involvement with the child. The appellate court affirmed.