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  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1136

    Trial court erred in nullifying defendant's pro se post-sentence letters as improper hybrid representation where defendant could not afford to continue to pay private legal counsel, which remained official counsel of record, such that defendant was effectively unrepresented during the post-sentencing phase. Order of the PCRA court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1100

    The trial court did not err in imposing a guideline range sentence of incarceration upon defendant, who pled guilty to driving under the influence in violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §3802(a)(2), as there was no support for his assertion that the mandatory minimum sentencing provision within 75 Pa.C.S. §3804(a)(1) represented the only sentence available in such cases. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Bonnet

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1068

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's application for a Frye hearing where the defense made no showing that a fire investigation expert's testimony was based on novel scientific evidence and, thus, the trial court had no "articulable grounds" to believe that the expert failed to apply an accepted scientific methodology. The superior court affirmed.

  • M.E.W. v. W.L.W.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1075

    Trial court erred in including totally and permanently disabled adult child's SSI-funded trust in calculation of parent's support obligation to completely offset the parent's support guideline amount where parent had sufficient income and assets to contribute to support. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1020

    The trial court overstepped its authority in dismissing drug-related charges against defendant, who was already serving a life sentence, based on the court's conclusion that prosecuting and sentencing defendant in this matter served none of the goals of the state's criminal justice system. The appellate court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

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  • Commonwealth v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1026

    Defendant's motion for DNA testing of clothing worn by defendant at the time of the shooting properly denied where defendant's identity as the shooter was not at issue given the overwhelming evidence pointing to defendant and defendant's own confession, such that any DNA evidence would not tend to demonstrate defendant's innocence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Gaston

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-0999

    DUI suspect gave voluntary consent to warrantless blood draw where consent was provided before officers read the implied consent form or warned suspect of the possibility of criminal penalties for refusal of the blood draw. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Satiro v. Maninno

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-0946

    Pro se appellant appealed trial court's finding that no contract existed between appellant and appellee and court found appellant's issues on appeal were so voluminous and vague there could be no meaningful appellate review and they were waived. Affirmed.

  • Burns v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2020-08-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-0903

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's request for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of plaintiff on her defamation claim where the jury could reasonably find that the defamatory meaning of defendant's statement, which impugned plaintiff's credibility, was understood by the recipients. The superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Webb

    Publication Date: 2020-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-0911

    Trial counsel not ineffective for eliciting evidence of defendant's delivery of drugs to an eyewitness to a homicide defendant had been charged for as a means to challenge the eyewitness's reliability as a fact witness by portraying her as a habitual drug user. Order of the trial court affirmed.