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  • Commonwealth v. Crosby

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 20-0001

    The commonwealth produced enough evidence to support a finding that defendant's repeated threats to a school administrator were not spur-of-the-moment threats made as a result of anger and that defendant made a threat to commit a crime of violence with intent to terrorize another or with reckless disregard for the risk of causing terror. The appellate court affirmed the judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Leap

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-1317

    Facebook post offered to impeach victim's credibility was properly excluded where the fact that it was not authored by the victim, did not relate to the victim's credibility, and was posted months before the criminal conduct on trial meant that the post was irrelevant and highly prejudicial. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-1293

    Internet publication of sex offender registration for offender who committed crimes prior to enactment of publication requirements under SORNA II violated Ex Post Facto clause. Judgment of sentence affirmed, appellant ordered removed from Megan's Law website.

  • In re: Adoption of K.M.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-1144

    Intermediate appellate courts only had authority and obligation to sua sponte review a trial court's failure to appoint any counsel for a child in a proceeding to involuntarily terminate parental rights, but not to review whether an appointed GAL had a conflict of interest in representing the child's best interests and legal interests. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Broitman

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-1023

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's request for new counsel and a continuance as the court properly weighed defendant's right to counsel of choice against the state's interest in proceeding to trial and found that defendant's last minute request would burden the commonwealth and its witnesses as well as the trial court. The appellate court affirmed.

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  • Lico Inc. v. Dougal

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0999

    Appellant challenged trial court's denial of injunctive relief in its action to enforce a non-compete agreement and court found the issue was moot since the non-compete agreement, by its terms, had already expired, there were no issues of public importance involved and the matter was not capable of repetition. Appeal dismissed.

  • Commonwealth v. Velazquez

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0998

    PCRA relief properly granted where plea counsel affirmatively misadvised defendant that his guilty plea would not adversely affect defendant's immigration status and defendant would not have pled guilty had he been correctly advised of the immigration consequences of his plea. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Michael and Linda, LLC v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0947

    Sellers of property were in breach of the purchase agreement when the agreement's "time is of the essence" clause merely gave buyer discretion to terminate the agreement if sellers could not timely deliver good title to the property and sellers refused to settle when they obtained clear title. Judgment affirmed.

  • In Re: Arrington

    Publication Date: 2019-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0870

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding defendant, a juvenile court probation officer, guilty of criminal contempt where the evidence established that he defied the court's directive to stop using his cellphone in the courtroom. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Sephakis v. Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Records & Identification

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0855

    Trial court properly denied appellant's petition for expungement of his mental health records and restoration of his right to possess firearms because appellant was afforded, and fully availed himself of, all due process required in connection with his §303 commitment proceeding and subsequent certification. Affirmed.