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  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: 17-1640

    Defendant was not entitled to post-conviction relief for ineffective assistance of counsel because his petition did not contain any meritorious issues or he waived them by failing to raise the issues on appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Vickers

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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    Case Number: 17-1511

    Police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendants vehicle where two officers gave credible testimony that they consistently noticed the smell of burnt marijuana coming from defendants vehicle, even though the drug paraphernalia found in defendants car did not suggest recent use. The court denied defendants motion to dismiss or, alternatively, to suppress evidence.

  • Commonwealth v. Love

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: 17-1523

    While the arresting officer used statements from a third party that turned out to be false in his affidavit of probable cause to arrest defendant, none of the challenged statements were material to the issuing authoritys decision on whether probable cause existed to arrest defendant. The appellate court denied defendants pretrial motion to suppress evidence.

  • Commonwealth v. Boone

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1631

    The court exercised its discretion to permit individual voir dire in this matter because defendant raised concerns regarding racial bias.

  • Commonwealth v. Lonon

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    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: 17-1495

    Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the data on the cell phone he abandoned in his haste to avoid state troopers following several motor violations, and the troopers were justified in the warrantless search of the specific phone given that they were attempting to pursue a fleeing suspect. The court denied defendants motion to suppress evidence.

  • Cogan House Twp. v. Lenhart

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Government | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Anderson
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    Case Number: 17-1632

    A township violated the law in failing to obtain a proper permit for the replacement of a pipe, but landowners failed to demonstrate how this caused them harm. The townships road construction activities did not otherwise violate state law or local ordinances.

  • Joers v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Aerospace | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia
    Judge: Judge Massiah-Jackosn
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    Case Number: 17-1627

    The citys failure to respond to requests for admission conclusively established the fact that a police officer was acting within the scope of her employment when her vehicle struck and injured a pedestrian, so the court denied the citys motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

  • In the Interest of B.L.C

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
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    Case Number: 17-1629

    The court granted a motion to suppress evidence obtained from a checkpoint stop where the commonwealth failed to demonstrate sufficient factual data to support a checkpoint at the site in question, and where the search was not a voluntary, consensual one.

  • DeSanzo v. DeSanzo

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: 17-1580

    Defendants former attorney could not avoid testifying in this domestic relations matter by submitting an affidavit in lieu of testifying upon being subpoenaed, particularly given the courts order limiting counsels testimony to protect the attorney-client relationship and any confidential communications. The court recommended affirmance of its order denying counsels motion to quash.

  • Suisi v. Rice

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Aerospace | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1581

    Since plaintiff did not have an ownership interest in the subject property at the time she purportedly executed an article of agreement for deed, which defendants offered as proof of a rent-to-own agreement, the court deemed the agreement void. The court granted plaintiffs petition to set aside the article of agreement.