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  • Commonwealth v. Pew

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0758

    PCRA petition properly dismissed as untimely where after-discovered evidence previously available to defendant and new constitutional rule inapplicable. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Schultz v. Schultz

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0486

    Trial courts equitable distribution order and denial of alimony in the dissolution of a long term marriage was proper because the trial court considered the appropriate factors, including accepting parties stipulation as to the ownership of artworks. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0419

    Commonwealth permitted to cross-examine defendant on admission of guilty and prior convictions where defendant opened the door by denying guilty and asserting evidence of his good character through his present non-use of controlled substances. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Trahey

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0420

    Delay in responding and investigating motor vehicle accident, lack of manpower to obtain warrant, and natural dissipation of alcohol from bloodstream combined to create exigent circumstances supporting a warrantless blood draw. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0418

    PCRA petitioner correctly dismissed where issues already raised and litigated on direct appeal. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0388

    Trial counsel not ineffective in advising defendant to waive jury trial based on counsels strategic belief that it would result in a fairer trial due to counsels experience of violent sexual crimes inflaming and prejudicing juries against defendants. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Cunningham v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0390

    Trial court authorized to impose civil contempt for partys violation of separation order, regardless of whether such order was incorporated into the divorce decree. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • A.J.B. v. A.G.B.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0283

    The trial court erred in finding that mothers same-sex ex-wife lacked in loco parentis status in this custody brought by natural father where mother and ex-wife were married at the time of the childs birth. The court vacated in part and remanded for a custody hearing.

  • Commonwealth v. Crosley

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0250

    Evidence of defendants prior conviction for aggravated assault arising from his attack of a security guard while holding a sharp object was permissible in this unrelated murder case to rebut defendants unsolicited character testimony that he never before carried a weapon.

  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0201

    Police had a reasonable basis to conduct a pedestrian stop of defendant, who was loitering in a high-crime area, where they had an obligation to investigate complaints of loitering and drug sales; therefore, counsel was not ineffective for failing to preserve this meritless issue for appellate review. The appellate court affirmed an order denying defendants Post Conviction Relief Act petition.