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  • 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.

  • In re Q.R.D.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0820

    Trial court properly terminated father's parental rights because the record supported the trial court's finding that child's preferred outcome was unascertainable at the time of the hearing, there was no conflict between the child's best interest and legal interests, representation by child's attorney satisfied the requirements of 23 Pa. C.S. §2313(a) and stepfather provided clear and convincing evidence to support termination. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Fudge

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0769

    The trial court abused its discretion and usurped the normal process of defendant's criminal trial when it sua sponte recorded a guilty verdict on the charge of driving under the influence after the jury indicated that it could not reach a unanimous decision on that charge. The appellate court vacated in part defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Hess v. Hess

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0717

    Court affirmed trial court's equitable distribution of marital estate that included retirement pension where trial court declined to engage in "double dipping" to use pension income to determine the distribution percentages. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0686

    Appellant asserted errors in the trial court's expungement order and trial court acknowledged certain clerical errors and court found other errors in the order and remanded for the order to be reissued. Remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Baker-Myers

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0671

    Defendant successfully argued that the commonwealth's evidence was insufficient to convict him of corruption of minors, graded as a third-degree felony, where the jury acquitted him of the chapter 31 sexual offenses of rape, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. The appellate court affirmed in part and vacated in part defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Kane

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0595

    The trial court properly concluded that defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone where he abandoned the phone and left it turned on and recording in a public bathroom of a co-ed college dormitory. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • R.L. v. M.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge DuBow
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    Case Number: 19-0612

    Trial court properly awarded shared legal and physical custody to biological mother and her former romantic partner who had been granted in loco parentis standing because trial court analyzed the 23 Pa.C.S. §5328 custody factors and the record supported the trial court's findings. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Payne

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0575

    PCRA court erred in denying relief from first-degree murder conviction based on after-discovered DNA evidence when that evidence refuted the theory upon which the degree-of-guilt panel placed significant or exclusive evidence to find that defendant committed murder of the first-degree. Order of the PCRA court reversed.