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  • Commonwealth v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 123 MDA 2024

    Appellant's appointed counsel applied to withdraw from representation in light of appellant's nolo contendere plea before the trial court. The court denied the request to withdraw and remanded, holding that while appellant's plea waived his claims on direct appeal, he effectively set out a potentially meritorious claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his pro se notice of appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Devine

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 30 MDA 2024

    Appellant was not entitled to credit for time served in in-patient substance abuse treatment facility that defendant voluntarily entered, which lacked the hallmarks of a custodial arrangement. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Sanchez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1680 MDA 2023

    Driver lacked standing to challenge constitutionality of DUI statutes under Medical Marijuana Act where driver was not a cardholder and had not consumed medical marijuana. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Adams v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1295 MDA 2023

    Appellant father appealed the trial court's denial of his petition to hold mother in contempt for failure to comply with the parties' consent agreement in proceedings initiated by mother under the Protection from Abuse Act. The court vacated and remanded for further proceedings, holding that the trial court had authority to hold mother in contempt to enforce a PFA order based on the parties' consent agreement.

  • Commonwealth v. Barger

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1024 WDA 2023

    Court upheld lifetime registration despite invalidation of Megan's Law III where SORNA II imposed nonpunitive lifetime registration requirements on offenders with sexually violent predator designations.

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  • Heidel v. Fowler

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1587 MDA 2023

    Court upheld sexual violence protective order where non-consensual touching of the arm or torso was of the variety normally reserved for close, personal, intimate relationships and thus could constitute indecent contact. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Sandusky

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1059 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the post-conviction relief court's order denying his motion for a new trial based on after-discovered evidence, which appellant argued showed that an attorney and psychologist used unduly suggestive techniques when interviewing his alleged child sexual abuse victims. The court affirmed, holding that the post-conviction relief court properly denied appellant's motion without an evidentiary hearing where he failed to show that his after-discovered evidence would be used for a purpose other than impeaching a witness's

  • Commonwealth v. Krzan

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1638 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his jury trial conviction of certain sex crimes. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in permitting Commonwealth to introduce evidence of appellant's pre-arrest silence where appellant's trial testimony created the impression that he had spoken with police about the allegations against him prior to his arrest.

  • Commonwealth v. Black

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1601 EDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order denying its petition to refile charges against appellee. The court reversed and remanded for trial, holding that Commonwealth's evidence regarding appellee's blood test results, his driving, the accident he caused, and his behavior afterward was sufficient to set out prima facie cases of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence and aggravated assault by vehicle.

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1734 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his jury conviction of rape and related crimes. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that the trial court did not violate appellant's rights by posing three brief questions to his crime victim at trial in order to clarify her responses to a question posed by Commonwealth.