• In the Interest of Z.B., a minor

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2248 EDA 2023

    The court affirmed the trial court's orders that removed former guardian T.B. as a reunification resource for two minor children, Z.B. and A.B.

  • Commonwealth v. Wheeler

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 624 WDA 2023

    Trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear challenge to DOC's calculation and application of credit for time served. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Demulter

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 237 WDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on her convictions, in separate actions, of terroristic threats, harassment and related crimes. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence of appellant's mens rea to support her conviction for making a terroristic threat where appellant threatened to kill a victim a short time after the victim saw appellant physically attack another person.

  • Commonwealth v. Stefanowicz

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1012 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction of aggravated cruelty to an animal. The court affirmed, holding that the evidence was sufficient to convict appellant of one count of animal cruelty where he intentionally shot two dogs, only one of which had made physical contact with fenced deer that the dogs were violently harassing.

  • Commonwealth v. Hatch

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 553 WDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court reversed and remanded, holding that Commonwealth presented a prima facie case of aggravated assault against an enumerated person where an officer testified that appellee, after violently resisting the officer's opening of her screen door, struck the officer with her hand, knocking off his glasses and scratching his face.

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  • Commonwealth v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 1432 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and other crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of his Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court accepted evidence of the vehicles' event data recorder information as extracted and analyzed by a responding police officer who testified as a Commonwealth expert in accident reconstruction.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2725 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his non-jury trial conviction for criminal contempt. The court affirmed, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support appellant's conviction where he admittedly made a "gun" gesture at a testifying witness upon entering the courtroom, even where the gesture was not seen by the witness or the trial court.

  • Commonwealth v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 3080 EDA 2022

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order decertifying appellee's case and transferring it to the Juvenile Division as a delinquency matter. The court vacated the decertification order where the trial court failed to consider multiple criteria that it was required to evaluate before granting decertification.

  • SpiriTrust Lutheran v. Wagman Constr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 572 MDA 2022

    Trial court erred in dismissing contract claims on statute of limitations grounds where there were genuine issues of material fact concerning the terms of the parties' contract and whether it contained a statute of limitations/substantial compliance provision that would bar appellant from invoking the discovery exception. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

  • Schriver v. Schriver

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1896 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in dismissing minority shareholder oppression and declaratory judgment claims because, although appellant appeared to be seeking consummation of payment under the parties' settlement, he also alleged that appellees had disregarded his rights as a minority shareholder and sought judicial declaration of his shareholder status, forms of relief not available at law. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.