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  • Spolar v. The Spolar Family Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 482 MDA 2023

    The court affirmed the judgment based on a non-jury verdict in favor of appellees in the amount of $133,000 in a real estate dispute between a daughter, her mother and a family trust.

  • Commonwealth v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 2518 EDA 2023

    Court found no discovery violation where raw electronic data would have been made available to the defense upon request and the commonwealth never represented that the files it highlighted for the defense would be the sole evidence from the raw data to be presented at trial. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of: R.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 230 EDA 2024

    Court found no error in admitting children's school records obtained from the school district under the hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 765 WDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his convictions for possession with intent to deliver and other narcotics crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant failed to demonstrate sentencing error where the trial court imposed guideline sentencing after a hearing in which appellant's counsel emphasized mitigating evidence regarding appellant's background and rehabilitation.

  • Commonwealth v. Taylor-Dixon

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1244 WDA 2023

    Defendant appealed from the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction of resisting arrest. The court affirmed, holding that evidence of defendant's vigorous physical resistance when being detained by police supported his conviction for resisting arrest where defendant's behavior plainly subjected the officers to a risk of serious bodily injury.

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  • In re: C.A.J.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 942 EDA 2023

    Incapacitated mother's daughter appealed the county orphans' court's decree finding mother incapacitated and appointing daughter's siblings as guardians of mother's person. The court affirmed, concluding the orphans' court acted within its discretion in light of evidence of mother's preference and the personal care provided to mother by daughter's siblings.

  • Commonwealth v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1460 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the denial of his first petition for post-conviction relief. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that sufficient evidence supported appellant's jury conviction of aggravated assault where appellant provoked a confrontation, sucker-punched his smaller victim, and attempted to continue his assault as the victim lay unconscious.

  • Commonwealth v. Hawkins-Davenport

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 798 EDA 2023

    Police were justified in removing firearm in plain view within reach of vehicle occupants on grounds of officer safety, without any other justification or reason such as occupants' dangerous or furtive movements. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Bhatia v. Fernandez

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1715 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's protection from abuse petition. The court affirmed, holding that sufficient evidence supported the trial court's order where appellant, as appellee's former boyfriend, caused appellee to fear for her safety after he refused to end contact with her and entered her apartment with a key that he was not supposed to have.

  • Commonwealth v. McMaster

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1354 MDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting in part appellee's motion to suppress evidence. The court reversed and remanded, holding that when viewed together, an individual's erratic drug-induced behavior, his lack of response to police as to whether any other persons were inside his residence, and the disarrayed interior of the home visible from outside, all supported a detective's minimally invasive sweep of the residence to determine whether anyone inside was in immediate need of medical help.