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  • Commonwealth v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0429

    No error in admitting defendant's prison visitor logs where relevant to prove that defendant owned the phone dropped by the perpetrator, as the logs did not indicate that defendant had engaged in prior criminal conduct and therefore were not unduly prejudicial. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Herring

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0305

    Prior convictions of third party were properly excluded where the circumstances of those convictions differed from those of the present offense and therefore did not make it more probable that third party was the true perpetrator of the offense. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Bellan v. Penn Presbyterian Med. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0251

    Dismissal of complaint for untimely service affirmed where plaintiff made no diligent efforts to attempt alternative means of service or inform the trial court of the difficulty of serving defendant. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. White

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0133

    Sentencing statute which set forth an express range in which the maximum sentence was required to fall was not unconstitutionally vague. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Conley

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0015

    Trial court erred in revoking probation for violation of conditions that occurred prior to the start of the term of probation. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.

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  • Morgan v. Millstone Res. LTD.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-1383

    Appellant appealed the grant of permanent injunctive relief in property owners' trespass and nuisance action for rainwater runoff and court found owners' equitable claim was not barred by laches, the defenses of excuse and de jure authority did not apply and trial court provided adequate analysis to support a permanent injunction. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Bishop

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-1391

    Ineffective assistance of counsel claim arising from counsel's purported failure to challenge the victim's identification denied where defendant failed to properly raise his claim that police should have used a double-blind procedure during the photo array and where the circumstances of the array were not otherwise suggestive. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Patel v. Kandola Real Estate, LP

    Publication Date: 2021-11-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-1359

    Fraud/misrepresentation claims failed due to a lack of justifiable reliance where cited statements merely constituted puffery and plaintiff admittedly relied upon his own due diligence rather than financial figures provided by defendants. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • IRS v. Blue Mountain Ministry Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-22
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Non-Profit | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-1358

    State court lacked jurisdiction to hear legal challenge to a notice of federal tax lien, as state courts could not strike federal liens. Order of the trial court affirmed in part, case remanded to correct filings.

  • Commonwealth v. Galloway

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-1333

    Where vehicle occupants appeared visibly nervous, had inconsistent statements about their travel, were coming from a known drug-trafficking area, and one occupant had a criminal history of drug distribution, police had sufficient facts to give rise to reasonable suspicion that could support extending a valid traffic stop for further investigation. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.