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  • Commonwealth v. Mikitiuk

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0770

    There was enough evidence to support defendant's conviction on the charge of risking a catastrophe in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. §3302(b) where the record revealed that defendant was an active participant in the transporting of dangerous methamphetamine-making chemicals in an urban area. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0750

    While there was justification for inquiry into any anti-Muslim prejudices of potential jurors, race or religious belief was not otherwise a focus of the evidence and the trial court's group question to potential jurors adequately addressed defendant's concerns about anti-Muslim bias. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Robbins v. Consol. Rail Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Transportation
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0688

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellants' motion to dismiss decedent's representative's Federal Employers' Liability Act complaint on forum non conveniens grounds because while decedent was allegedly harmed by chemical exposure working in appellants' Indiana train yard, his employment records were stored in either New Jersey or Florida and decedent's representative identified four potential fact witnesses who lived in Pennsylvania. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of L.V.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0618

    Adjudication of dependency and finding of aggravated circumstances were supported by the record where trial court credited medical experts who opined that the dependent child suffered numerous bone fractures that were caused by intentional or non-accidental activity. Orders of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Cephus

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0514

    The trial court properly found that a state trooper had probable cause to stop defendant's vehicle where he saw the vehicle failing to maintain its lane in violation of Motor Vehicle Code §3309(1) and dash camera footage supported an inference that the trooper saw defendant's car cross over the center line multiple times. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

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  • Hassel v. Franzi

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0488

    Experts in medical malpractice action did not improperly testify outside the scope of their reports where appellant was on notice of the subject-matter of the experts' testimony or where appellant was able to sufficiently cross-examine the experts. Judgment affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Blount

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0482

    There was valid authority for the sentencing court to impose upon defendant, a juvenile lifer, a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for his first-degree murder convictions given the state high court's 2017 decision in Commonwealth v. Batts. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0386

    The constable who detained defendant on suspicion of driving under the influence acted within his common law powers to detain defendant based on an in-presence breach of the peace since defendant's conduct - driving at a high rate of speed and going over the embankment while under the influence - constituted a "breach of the peace" as understood at common law. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Walls

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0360

    Police had reasonable suspicion of DUI to conduct traffic stop where multiple officers witnessed defendant's vehicle weave across the double-yellow line and fog line in a manner indicative of a driver under the influence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Expert Witnesses
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 19-0363

    Evidence sufficient to support finding bodily injury and mens rea for simple assault where defendant hit victim with sufficient force and for a long enough period to cause the victim to cry; it was not necessary to prove the victim complained of pain or was left with bruises or marks. Judgment of sentence affirmed.