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  • Commonwealth v. Strunk

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 96 MAP 2023

    Mere physical touching was insufficient to support conviction for unlawful contact with a minor where legislative history of the statute indicated the legislature intended to outlaw verbal or written communication with a minor intended to facilitate an illegal sex act or other unlawful activity. Order of the superior court vacated.

  • Circle of Seasons Charter Sch. v. Nw. Lehigh Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 99 MAP 2022

    Property owner was not entitled to nunc pro tunc relief where it had an opportunity to seek retroactive application of tax-exempt status by appealing the decision conferring such status. Order of the Commonwealth Court reversed, judgment of the trial court reinstated.

  • Commonwealth v. Greer

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 87 MAP 2023

    Superior court erred in requiring Post Conviction Relief Act counsel to submit a merits brief after learning of defendant's intention to assert ineffective assistance claims against PCRA counsel, and should have instead remanded the case to the PCRA court. Order of the superior court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Drayton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 83 MAP 2023

    Appellant appealed the Superior Court's order affirming the post conviction review court's denial of his petition for post conviction relief. The court held that appellant's trial attorney did not render per se ineffective assistance by failing to object when the trial court provided the jury with written instructions not specifically authorized under Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 646.