• Commonwealth v. Holt

    Publication Date: 2017-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1844

    Defendant could not succeed on his ineffectiveness of counsel claim for failure to file a Rule 600 motion based upon an alleged speedy trial violation where there were more than 800 excludable and excusable delays that extended his adjusted run date well beyond his trial date. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Hendricks v. Hendricks

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1813

    Trial court properly granted preliminary injunction where enjoined party was contractually prohibited from interfering with residential development conducted by party seeking the injunction. Orders of the trial court affirmed. Timothy Paul Hendricks and W. Todd Hendricks, brothers, were involved in the same companies, collectively referred to as TH Properties, and were involved in residential development on property they owned.

  • Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2017-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1761

    The trial court properly left it for the jury to assess the credibility of two witnesses who testified against defendant, though one witness changed his story and both witnesses sought leniency from the government, as it was for the jury to assess the credibility of the witnesses and consider their motives to lie. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Wilcox

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1751

    Criminal defendant could not raise PCRA petition pursuant to the holding in Birchfield v. North Dakota, where defendant had knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty to DUI, did not preserve a challenge to his warrantless blood draw, and was not raising a challenge to the legality of his sentence or voluntariness of guilty plea. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 17-1682

    Trial court erred in failing to hold an evidentiary hearing on criminal defendants motion for return of seized property. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Duck

    Publication Date: 2017-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 17-1549

    The court found the evidence sufficient to establish that the victim suffered bodily injury as defined by the simple assault statute in an altercation with defendant.

  • Commonwealth v. Heaster

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Chief Judge Stevens
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1534

    Defendant waived his claim that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to apply the use, as opposed to the possession, of a deadly weapon sentencing enhancement in violation of the parties plea agreement by failing to present it in a post-sentence motion or lodge any objection during his sentencing hearing. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.