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  • In re Estate of Kuntz

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: 17-1493

    The plaintiff auctioneer could not recover damages based upon the cancellation of an auction for the sale of estate property where a court ordered that the auction be cancelled, not the seller who entered into the auction contract with petitioner. The court denied petitioners claim for damages on a breach of contract theory.

  • Commonwealth v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1501

    Defendant was not entitled to relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act based on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel where the record established that he knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently entered his guilty plea to third degree murder and other offenses. The court granted counsels petition to withdraw and notified defendant of its intent to dismiss his PCRA petition.

  • Commonwealth v. Shires

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Anderson
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    Case Number: 17-1525

    Defendant was notified by his probation officer of both the general and special conditions of his probation. The court held his probation was properly revoked.

  • Commonwealth v. Mullen

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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    Case Number: 17-1638

    Law enforcement had a reasonable belief that defendant was at a residence based on an anonymous tip, a photograph, and a view of defendant through a window of the residence. The court denied defendants motion to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Wilt

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1641

    The court denied a criminal defendants motion to suppress the results of a blood test, because defendants consent was voluntary even though the form he signed had the criminal penalties blacked out.

  • Commonwealth v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1502

    Defendants petition for post-conviction relief was not timely, and he was not entitled to retroactive relief based on subsequent case law because defendant had not preserved the issue through direct appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Bailey

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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    Case Number: 17-1630

    A criminal defendant claimed she had ineffective assistance of counsel and that her guilty plea was not made voluntarily, intelligently or knowingly. The court held that defendants claim merited a hearing to determine whether there was a sufficient factual basis to establish her guilt and whether counsel was ineffective.

  • In the Interest of BNK

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
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    Case Number: 17-1634

    The court suppressed evidence obtained from a traffic stop where the scope of evidence seized unconstitutionally exceeded the reason for the stop.

  • In the Interest of JSZ

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1635

    Absent specific allegations that a juvenile driver was engaged in a criminal activity, the fact that the juveniles passenger allegedly harassed another person was an insufficient basis for an investigatory stop, so the court granted the juveniles motion to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Stidfole

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1639

    Defendant waived objections to sentencing because he did not raise them previously in connection with his revocation and re-sentencing hearing. Even if not waived, the court concluded his objections lacked merit, because defendant failed to comply with the conditions of his probation.