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Commonwealth v. Coia, PICS Case No. 17-1271 (Pa. Super. July 31, 2017) Moulton, J. (10 pages).

Trial court erred in resentencing juvenile offender to life without parole when it failed to apply presumption against life without parole or required the commonwealth to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the juvenile was incapable of rehabilitation. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.
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In re JND, PICS Case No. 17-1152 (C.P. Lycoming July 3, 2017) McCoy, J. (10 pages).

Biological father evinced a settled purpose of relinquishing his parental rights where he had only minimal contact with the child during the first three years of her life, and no contact at all since 2009. Mother imposed no obstacles preventing father's contact with the child. The court held termination of father's parental rights was in the child's best interests.
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Stover v. Phila. Dist. Attorney's Office, PICS Case No. 17-1099 (C.P. Philadelphia Nov. 22, 2016) Fletman, J. (5 pages).

The Office of Open Records did not err in finding that it had jurisdiction to hear plaintiff's appeal from a Philadelphia District Attorney's Office's decision denying his request for information about his own criminal conviction and in granting plaintiff's request for such documents under the Right to Know Law. The court affirmed the decision of the Office of Open Records granting plaintiff's document request.
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Blake v. State Civil Service Commission, PICS Case No. 17-1269 (Pa. July 25, 2017) Donohue, J. (21 pages).

Petitioner, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who did not graduate from the school or ever obligate himself to perform any subsequent military service, did not qualify as a "soldier" within the meaning of the state's Veterans' Preference Act. The lower court erred in granting petitioner veterans' preference.
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Sens: Pardon Should Trigger Automatic Record Expungement

Governor-approved clemency should trigger simultaneous criminal record expungement, two state senators said in a recent memorandum.
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The Recorder

Ramirez v. City of Gardena

C.A. 2nd; B279873 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that a city’s compliance with a statutory requirement that…
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The Recorder

Miller v. City of Portland

9th Cir.; 14-35783 The court of appeals reversed a district court order and remanded. The court held that the district court erred in rejecting a portion…
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The Recorder

Briggs v. Brown

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S238309 The California Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of mandate and injunctive relief. The court held that the five-year time…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Approved Opinions for the Week of August 28, 2017

26-2-4108 Montclair State University v. County of Passaic, et al. N.J. Super. App. Div. (Rothstadt, J.A.D.) (11 pp.) In Rutgers v. Piluso, 60 N.J. 142…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Capitol Report

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Aug. 21. At press time, the Pennsylvania Senate stood in recess subject to the call of President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, and the state House of Representatives stood in recess subject to the call of Speaker Mike Turzai.
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