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Publication Date: 2024-03-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Beck
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Case Number: 1000 MDA 2023
Defendant appealed from the trial court's judgment of sentence after his jury conviction of multiple counts of trafficking in individuals and related crimes. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in admitting Commonwealth's expert testimony on human trafficking and sexual violence victim dynamics pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §5920 where defendant was accused of human trafficking involving sexual servitude and related crimes.
Publication Date: 2024-03-22
Practice Area: Immigration Law
Industry: Federal Government
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 1579 EDA 2023
Appellant appealed the trial court's order denying his petition for issuance of an order containing specific factual findings regarding appellant's nephew, which were necessary to petition the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigration juvenile status. The court affirmed, concluding that appellant's nephew did not qualify for SIJS where the trial court did not appoint appellant to serve as nephew's legal custodian, and nephew instead lived with appellant pursuant to a custody agreement with nephew's mother.
Publication Date: 2024-03-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 538 MDA 2023
Possession of a firearm and a substance appearing to be marijuana in a vehicle supported reasonable suspicion for an investigative detention to determine the vehicle occupant's license status, particularly where the marijuana was not in its original packaging and medical marijuana card holders could not carry concealed firearms. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 2200 EDA 2022
Juvenile appellant challenged a dispositional order after juvenile court accepted appellant's admissions but rejected the agreed-upon disposition and court found juvenile court violated Pa.R.J.C.P. 407(A)(3) by accepting part of the tender, the admission, and basing its adjudication of delinquency solely on appellant's admission, without allowing appellant to withdraw the admission and/or without accepting additional evidence from either party. Vacated and reversed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 648 WDA 2023
Appellant appealed his sentence following his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Affirmed.
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Publication Date: 2024-03-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 1703 MDA 2022
Challenge to discretionary aspects of sentence failed where exercise of discretion to impose consecutive sentences did not raise substantial question and sentencing court adequately justified its decision based on the gravity of the underlying offense. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-15
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 398 WDA 2023
Appellant challenged an involuntary commitment order and court found there was sufficient evidence in the record to justify orphans' court's finding that appellant should be involuntarily committed, despite appellant's threat being silent as to exactly when he was going to shoot his stepbrother. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-15
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 855 WDA 2023
Grandparents' supervised physical custody was insufficient to constitute "physical custody" giving them the status of a "person acting as a parent" and thus their residency in Pennsylvania was insufficient to confer continuing jurisdiction over the custody matter to the Pennsylvania courts. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-15
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 688 WDA 2023
Mother appealed trial court's orders involuntarily terminating her parental rights to her two children. The court affirmed where evidence amply supported the trial court's conclusion that mother's ongoing substance abuse and mental health issues, despite a year of comprehensive support services, meant that termination of her parental rights would best serve her children's developmental, physical, and emotional needs.
Publication Date: 2024-03-08
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Sullivan
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Case Number: 2429 EDA 2021
Court overturned restitution order where trial court failed to specify the method of restitution at the sentencing hearing. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part and vacated in part.
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