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  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-1442

    Motion to modify sentence was properly dismissed as an untimely post-sentence motion where defendant failed to demonstrate breakdown in court process excusing the untimely filing. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Kirwan

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-1258

    Defendant, who was designated a sexually violent predator, was not eligible for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act since only the sanctions of imprisonment, probation and parole are "sentences" for eligibility purposes under the act. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Estate of Powell

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0572

    Orphans' court erred in ruling appellants waived their right to a hearing or to present evidence in support of their petition to enforce a probated will's forfeiture clause in the will contest provision when appellants properly nonsuited the will contest for failure to set forth a prima facie case. Decree of the orphans' court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Bozeman

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0317

    The trial court erred in finding that police had no basis to stop defendant's vehicle because they lacked probable cause to believe he violated §3351 of the Motor Vehicle Code, addressing "stopping, standing and parking outside business and residence districts," as the statute does not require the actual obstruction of the flow of traffic or mandate that the vehicle be stationary for a specific period. The appellate court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Santana

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0268

    Application of SORNA to sex offender convicted in 1983 did not constitute ex post facto violation where offender was already subject to lifetime registration in another state when he moved to Pennsylvania and thereby became subject to SORNA's lifetime registration requirement. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Mbewe

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0183

    Conviction affirmed where trial court sitting as factfinder could accept photo array identification based around defendant as victims identified defendant's first name and defendant was known to police to associate with his definitively identified co-defendant. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Green

    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0123

    The commonwealth established all the elements of a forgery, including the mens rea element, where the circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom established that defendant knew he was not a proper payee on a legitimate check from the victim staffing agency. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Pittsburgh Logistics Sys., Inc., v. BeeMac Trucking, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-29
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Labor Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 19-0073

    Trial court properly refused to grant an injunction enforcing a no-hire provision in appellant's contract with trucking company because the provision was against public policy by preventing persons from seeking employment with certain companies without receiving additional consideration for the prohibition or having any input regarding or knowledge of the restrictive provision. Affirmed.

  • Greco v. Myers Coach Lines, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 18-1423

    Terminated employee's wrongful discharge claim under the Whistleblower Law failed where employee made no report of her employer's wrongdoing to superiors or to a state agency. Judgment vacated, case remanded for entry of JNOV.

  • Commonwealth v. Chisholm

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 18-1371

    The trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence discovered in defendant's residence when sheriffs attempted to serve a warrant on a man mistakenly believed to live there since precedent requires "a magisterial determination of probable cause" before police may serve an arrest warrant inside a residence, absent exigent circumstances or consent. The appellate court vacated and remanded.