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  • Commonwealth v. Deible

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1258 WDA 2022

    Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to support an animal cruelty conviction where record showed defendant's dog's coat had become matted and filled with foreign debris, with such a condition only possible after a long period of ignoring the dog's poor appearance. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Agnew

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1408 WDA 2022

    Post Conviction Relief Act court erred in granting nunc pro tunc direct appeal rights where counsel's alleged errors would not have completely foreclosed appellate review and defendant's Confrontation Clause claim lacked merit. Order of the PCRA court reversed, appeal dismissed.

  • In re Estate of Schaefer

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1342 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the order distributing decedent's IRA to his second wife and court found 1) the plain and unambiguous language of the IRA provided for inheritance by a surviving spouse only if there was no named beneficiary, 2) decedent had named first wife as the beneficiary and 3) second wife waived her right to decedent's separate property and any part of his estate in the premarital agreement. Vacated.

  • Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC v. EQT Prod. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 834 WDA 2022

    Court quashed appeal of judgment on the pleadings in quiet title action where judgment did not apply to all defendants and the judgment was made without prejudice to plaintiff filing an amended pleading restating its quiet title, conversion, trespass, and ejectment claims. Appeal quashed.

  • Commonwealth v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 2545 EDA 2022

    Post Conviction Relief Act petition was properly denied as untimely where general allegations of prosecutorial misconduct or allegations of police misconduct in other cases could not support the government interference or newly-discovered facts exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

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  • O.H. Bel Air Partners LP v. Hinton

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 147 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in calculating damages for unpaid rent where evidence indicated landlord applied tenant's rental assistance payments for months that it had a lapsed rental license. Judgment of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 2288 EDA 2021

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in consolidating three robbery indictments for single trial where the evidence from each robbery was relevant to demonstrate defendant's common scheme as defendant claimed that he had no intent to rob the victims. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1066 EDA 2022

    Unprovoked flight in a high-crime area was sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion to support an investigative detention, and using show of authority or force to temporarily detain a suspect did not rise to the level of a custodial detention. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1209 WDA 2021

    Trial court in bench trial had sufficient basis to reject insanity defense based on defendant's admission on the date of her crimes that she fled from police because she did not want to get in trouble or go to jail, which supported an inference that she understood the legal or moral wrongness of her actions. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Prensky v. Talaat

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 636 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed a trial court order setting out the terms of the parties' agreement to settle their property trespass dispute and court found the order was not final, did not contain an injunction and was not appealable. Appeal quashed.