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  • Commonwealth v. Machicote

    Publication Date: 2017-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1556

    Trial court did not err in sentencing juvenile defendant to a life sentence while also imposing a minimum term-of-years sentence, because it would grant the juvenile the possibility of parole following completion of the minimum sentence.

  • In the Interest of: N.C., a minor

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1535

    Juvenile court erred in ordering treatment for sexual delinquent act, where no evidence supported juvenile courts finding that appellant failed to admit his wrongdoing in prior treatment or that the lack of such admission negatively impacted his rehabilitation. Adjudication of delinquency reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Melvin

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1530

    Pursuant to Pennsylvania precedent following the U.S. Supreme Courts 2012 decision in Miller v Alabama, the court rejected defendants claim that his sentence to 30-years-to-life for a homicide committed while he was a juvenile was illegal.

  • Commonwealth v. Napold

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1536

    Failure to object to introduction of evidence of blood draw refusal rendered issue waived for appeal even where new rule of law concerning blood draw refusals was promulgated following trial and during pendency of appeal. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Melvin

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1530

    Pursuant to Pennsylvania precedent following the U.S. Supreme Courts 2012 decision in Miller v Alabama, the court rejected defendants claim that his sentence to 30-years-to-life for a homicide committed while he was a juvenile was illegal.