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  • Commonwealth v. Diaz

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0415

    Defendant suffered per se prejudice due to trial counsels failure to ascertain that he needed a translator to understand the criminal proceedings and counsels failure to object when the trial court proceeded without a translator. The appellate court affirmed a trial court order granting defendant a new trial.

  • Commonwealth v. Beaudoin

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0399

    The appellate court was neither compelled nor required to consider the deceased defendants appeal where neither party sought a decision on the appeal, the interests of justice were not implicated and the appeal did not present any novel legal issues of import to society in general. The appellate court dismissed defendants appeal.

  • Speaker v. Speaker

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0380

    Trial court erred in granting husbands petition to decrease his alimony obligation because husbands stated desire to retire at some point in the future did not constitute a substantial and continuing change in circumstances that warranted a downward modification of alimony and husband failed to show that his alleged poor health had affected his financial circumstances or his ability to work. Order vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Olson

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0185

    The appellate court refused to apply Birchfield v. North Dakota retroactively to invalidate defendants judgment of sentence in this case involving enhanced penalties for his refusal to consent to a blood draw, as it found that the resulting change in Pennsylvania law was procedural. The appellate court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Felder

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1897

    The trial court properly convicted defendant of contempt for violating a protection from abuse order where the evidence supported a finding that his intentional actions in twisting his wifes fingers to the point of injury rose to the level of abuse. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Santos

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1899

    The trial court erred in prohibiting the commonwealth from calling a police officer to testify at trial as a remedy for the commonwealths purported discovery violation where the requested material was not mandatory discovery under Pa.R.Crim.P. 573(B)(1)(a). The court reversed the trial courts discovery sanction order and remanded.

  • Russo v. Polidoro

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1913

    Trial court erred in granting partition because a restriction in the deed precluded appellee from filing an action in partition without the express written consent of two of the three deed holders. Reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1903

    Suppression of warrantless blood draw results properly granted where drivers consent was obtained after being given warning of enhanced criminal penalties in event of refusal to consent. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Maguire

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1109

    The trial court erred in suppressing evidence of defendants consumption of alcohol since the Tarbert/Blouse guidelines did not apply to the warrantless inspection of defendants commercial vehicle, which inspection satisfied the requirements of New York v. Burger. The court reversed an order granting defendants motion to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1700

    Defendant, a sex offender, had until midnight on the third business day after he changed his address to register with state police to comply with the requirements of Pennsylvanias Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, at 42 Pa.C.S. §9799.15(g). The appellate court reversed defendants conviction and vacated his sentence.