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  • Commonwealth v. Dell

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 2091 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in adding conditions to probation without evidence that probationer violated existing conditions. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Felix

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 3104 EDA 2022

    Allegations of ineffective assistance of plea counsel were belied by defendant's plea colloquies which demonstrated that defendant voluntarily and intelligently entered guilty pleas. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Riley

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
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    Case Number: 566 MDA 2022

    Evidence supporting an inference that defendant believed that a firearm exchanged for drugs was stolen was sufficient to support a conviction for receiving stolen property. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
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    Case Number: 1278 WDA 2022

    Parole officer had reasonable suspicion for warrantless search of parolee's home after parolee failed a drug test and visited known drug crime areas, combined with reports from neighbors consistent with drug distribution activity. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
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    Case Number: 775 EDA 2022

    Police could ask drivers whether they had weapons in their possession while completing a traffic stop in the interest of ensuring officer safety. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Copes

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1275 EDA 2022

    Compulsory joinder rule did not require consolidation of criminal dockets where each docket involved a separate criminal incident and entirely different sets of evidence. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Horlick

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
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    Case Number: 781 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence for his conviction of strangulation and simple assault. The court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Alexander

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 2260 EDA 2021

    Defendant not entitled to PCRA or nunc pro tunc relief where trial counsel's repeated challenge was sufficient to preserve Batson issue for direct appellate review. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Hummel

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1147 MDA 2022

    Trial court erred in excluding prior acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition as a first DUI offense when sentencing a defendant on a second DUI. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.

  • Crocker-Fasulo v. Fasulo

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
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    Case Number: 990 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly considered post-divorce assets and income acquired by the parties when considering a petition to modify or terminate alimony. Order of the trial court affirmed.