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  • Commonwealth v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 514 MDA 2022

    Admission of text message was proper where creator of group chat confirmed that the number belonged to defendant based on the profile icon and that only defendant would have knowledge of the content of the message. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rookstool

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Steinberg
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    Case Number: CR-741-2020

    The court recommended affirmance of appellant's sentence finding appellant was not prejudiced by having his charges tried together, his decision not to stipulate to a prior conviction at trial against counsel's advice was his to make, and the Commonwealth established that the crime actually occurred. Appellant was found guilty on counts related to theft and the unlawful possession of a firearm. Following the guilty verdict, the court ordered a presentence report and appellant received a total sentence of 30-84 months. Appellant filed

  • United States v. Perez-Colon

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
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    Case Number: 21-2802

    Appellant appealed his conviction and sentence after pleading guilty to nine child-pornography charges and court found that although some of his challenges to his total offense level had merit, non warranted reversal. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Roscoe

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McHugh
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    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0003810-2020

    The court denied appellant's motion for post-conviction relief on the grounds that there was ample evidence "in the record to support that the plea was entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently."

  • Commonwealth v. Coniker

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 23 WDA 2022

    Harassment conviction sustained where there was sufficient evidence to find that defendant had communicated threats of violence with weapons that caused the lockdown of a court office and also caused law firm office staff to flee their office. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part, vacated and reversed in part.

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  • Commonwealth v. Donafrio

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Craig
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    Case Number: 758 OF 2020

    The court denied criminal defendant's appeal in its entirety, finding that the Commonwealth had presented sufficient evidence for the jury to sustain drug possession and distribution charges under 35 P.S. § § 780-113 and 102.

  • United States v. Gallman

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
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    Case Number: 21-2294

    District court's closure of two proceedings during appellant's trial was not plainly erroneous and did not affect the fairness or integrity of the judicial proceedings and district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of appellant's prior conviction. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Kwasnik

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Roth
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    Case Number: 20-3551

    Appellant appealed district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and the denial of three post-appeal motions and court found appellant did not file a new notice of appeal or amend the notice already filed and never appealed the denial of the post-appeal motions, district court did not err in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea because none of the alleged evidence he presented was newly discovered and district court did not err in sentencing. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Stevenson

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1157 EDA 2021

    Defendant forfeited any challenge to denial of motion in limine seeking to preclude evidence of a prior conviction, where defendant made strategic decision to introduce the conviction himself during his direct testimony. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • United States v. Banks

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Roth
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    Case Number: 19-3812

    Appellant challenged district court's denial of his request to waive his right to counsel in his wire fraud trial and the imposition of special conditions of supervised release and court found district court properly found he could not knowingly and voluntarily waive his right to counsel and properly imposed special conditions of supervised release but erred in interpreting "loss" in the context of U.S.S.G. §2B1.1. Affirmed in part and remanded.