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  • T.D. v. E.D.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1084

    Trial court properly denied father's motions to suppress mother's brief and to modify custody to allow eight-year-old child to fly as an un-accompanied minor because trial court did not err by not interviewing child and did not abuse its discretion in considering "real world scenarios" or "common sense" in considering that planes could malfunction or be delayed and that airline personnel had duties other than checking on unaccompanied minors. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2018-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0969

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of defendant's time in prison with a key commonwealth witness, as this challenged evidence was relevant for the limited purposes of explaining the witness's recantation of his prior testimony and revealing defendant's consciousness of guilt. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • In Re Estate of Walter

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0834

    Orphans' court properly imposed a surcharge on appellant former executrix for her failure to administer decedent's estate with reasonableness and prudence where estate attorney embezzled estate funds. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0822

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's pre-sentence motion to withdraw his guilty pleas where the record belied defendant's claim that he was coerced into entering the pleas by his former counsel and demonstrated that his claim of innocence was not plausible. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0807

    Defendant not entitled to relief for alleged prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments where defendant failed to request curative instructions or a mistrial before the trial court. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Koonce

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0790

    Motion to produce confidential information was properly denied where defendant failed to establish materiality of potential testimony by presenting no evidence that defendant was purportedly "framed" or how the CI's testimony would support that claim. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Gad

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0787

    Prior bad acts were evidence to prove absence of accident or mistake and to tell "the complete story" to explain why the victim was unavailable as a witness at trial. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Goodmond

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0786

    PCRA petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel was dismissed where defendant failed to establish that trial counsel was or should have been aware of evidence counsel allegedly failed to investigate. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Tong-Summerford v. Abingdon Memorial Hosp. and Radiology Group of Abington, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0799

    Trial court properly found radiologist and hospital liable for death of an elderly patient, where a feeding tube was improperly inserted and the X-ray that checked the placement of the tube took an image of the incorrect part of his body and was misread by the radiologist, because plaintiff's expert's testimony did not exceed the scope of his report, the corporate negligence claim was not against the weight of the evidence and the damages award was not excessive. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Golson

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0749

    Defendant's designation as a sexual violent predator was unconstitutional in the wake precedent finding that such a designation constitutes a criminal punishment and that a factual finding that increases the length of his registration period must be found by a reasonable doubt by the chosen factfinder. The appellate court reversed in part defendant's judgment of sentence.