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  • Commonwealth v. DiClaudio

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 19-0672

    The trial court did not err in imposing a sentence upon defendant where it considered the impact of his crimes on the victims and community, defendant's rehabilitative needs, his prior record and his previous failures to avail himself of rehabilitation opportunities. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0674

    Where the record established that defendant gave money to other persons to make straw purchases of firearms using proceeds from his illegal sale of firearms, the evidence was sufficient to sustain his conviction for dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. §5111 as it satisfied the "unlawful activity" element of the offense. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Baker-Myers

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0671

    Defendant successfully argued that the commonwealth's evidence was insufficient to convict him of corruption of minors, graded as a third-degree felony, where the jury acquitted him of the chapter 31 sexual offenses of rape, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. The appellate court affirmed in part and vacated in part defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 19-0648

    Motion to suppress statements correctly denied where police's statements to juvenile offender did not affect the knowing or voluntary nature of the juvenile's Miranda waiver. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Krenzel

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 19-0641

    Where the arresting officer did not inform defendant of her right to refuse chemical testing and the consequences arising therefrom, as he was statutorily obligated to do, defendant did not make a knowing and conscious choice of whether to submit to a blood draw. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Danzey

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 19-0642

    The trial court did not err in allowing the admission of vulgar and harassing posts defendant made about the victim on social medical accounts where the commonwealth offered sufficient evidence to support the conclusion that defendant was the author of such posts. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Kane

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0595

    The trial court properly concluded that defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone where he abandoned the phone and left it turned on and recording in a public bathroom of a co-ed college dormitory. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • United States v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Brody
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    Case Number: 19-0616

    Defendant filed a habeas corpus petition arguing ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel in her conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws and the court found the asserted conflict of interest on the part of trial counsel did not exist, the stipulation trial counsel signed was reasonable and the evidence would have come in through the testimony of an IRS agent and defendant failed to establish the Brady violat

  • Commonwealth v. Culsoir

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 19-0625

    Where the trial court utilized a bifurcated sentencing procedure, but defendant's charges issued from the same docket number, he successfully secured appellate review of all previous non-final orders where he filed an appeal from the order that disposed of all remaining claims at the relevant docket number. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence on the merits.

  • Commonwealth v. Durazo

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 19-0628

    Contrary to defendant's assertion, the trial court articulated its reasons for sentencing him to a prison term beyond the sentencing guidelines, including defendant's criminal assault of a five-week-old child while he was in a caregiver role and the extreme, life-altering injuries the child suffered as a result. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.