• Commonwealth v. Bricker

    Publication Date: 2018-11-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1320

    When the trial court resentenced defendant in light of Commonwealth v. Muniz, it did not impose an illegal sentence in ordering defendant, a sexually violent predator, to register for a period of 25 years under subchapter H of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Montanez-Castro

    Publication Date: 2018-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1326

    Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to convict defendant of luring a child into a vehicle where he offered minors bottled drinks that he held close to his body while sitting inside his vehicle such that the minors would have to enter defendant's area of control near or inside his vehicle. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Carlino East Brandywine, L.P. v. Brandywine Village Assoc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-10-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1285

    The appellate court declined to find waiver of issues on appeal based on the volume of issues appellant raised in its concise statement of matters pursuant to Pa.R.A. P 1925 where it did not appear that appellant intentionally subverted rule 1925. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Ali

    Publication Date: 2018-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1260

    Even assuming a presumption of vindictiveness applied in this case, where the trial court increased defendant's aggregate maximum sentence upon remand and resentencing, the trial court specifically disavowed any vindictive purpose and sufficiently rebutted the presumption. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Matthews

    Publication Date: 2018-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1195

    While the victim of a robbery during a pizza delivery may have mistakenly identified both assailants as African American, defendant, a Caucasian, was not entitled to relief from his robbery conviction since the evidence of record was sufficient to establish his identity as one of the two perpetrators. The appellate court affirmed defendant's conviction.

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  • Commonwealth v. Yim

    Publication Date: 2018-09-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Evidence
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1145

    Trial court committed no error in finding that university public safety officers were not state actors for purposes of the fourth amendment in student's challenge to the admission in his trial of LSD and drug paraphernalia found in his dorm room because the university conducted its search on its own terms and in accordance with its policies aimed at preserving student safety and state law vested no plenary police powers in the public safety officers. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Smyser

    Publication Date: 2018-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1131

    The record of evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant intentionally viewed and/or possessed the pornographic images of children found on his computer after police entered his home upon a medical emergency. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Bidwell

    Publication Date: 2018-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1132

    The trial court did not err in precluding the Commonwealth from offering evidence of defendant's prior bad acts toward four women in his trial on charges of murdering his paramour where the proffered testimony did not establish a motive for the victim's murder or evidence any distinctive pattern of behavior. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's evidentiary order.

  • Medlock v. Chilmark Home Inspections, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-09-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1109

    Trial court's factual findings were supported by the record in case brought over water leakage and renovations in a basement that sellers had not disclosed on the property disclosure form and, while sellers had a duty to disclose the renovations on the form and they did not do so, inspection company failed to show that buyers suffered actual damage as result of the failure to disclose. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: M.W., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1076

    Motion to suppress evidence seized from vehicle glove compartment denied where police were statutorily authorized to seize vehicle and conduct inventory search for ownership documents after discovering mismatched license plate and VINs. Dispositional order affirmed.