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  • Busch v. Domb et al

    Publication Date: 2018-03-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0319

    Defendant, a real estate brokerage firm representing both the buyer and seller in dual agency purchase and sale agreement, failed to demonstrate that it was a privy to an integration clause in the real estate sale agreement and, thus, could not rely on the parol evidence rule to bar consideration of certain evidence. The court denied defendants motion for reconsideration of an order denying in part a motion to dismiss.

  • Yulish v. Sedhom

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Contracts | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Sprecher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0245

    The court allowed the trier of fact to considered evidence about the parties prior conversations and/or negotiations where they had entered into an oral agreement regarding a loan, not a written agreement as defendant asserted.

  • Commonwealth v. Crosley

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0250

    Evidence of defendants prior conviction for aggravated assault arising from his attack of a security guard while holding a sharp object was permissible in this unrelated murder case to rebut defendants unsolicited character testimony that he never before carried a weapon.

  • Commonwealth v. Porambo

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Serfass
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0190

    The evidence at trial was sufficient to find defendant guilty of driving too slow for conditions in violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §3364(a) where the arresting officer observed defendant cause a traffic jam due to her slow driving and credibly disputed defendants claim that another vehicle caused her to drive too slowly. The court denied defendants motion for judgment of acquittal.

  • Commonwealth v. Fulton

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0217

    Police violated defendants constitutional rights when they searched his cell phone for information in a criminal investigation without a warrant. The court reversed the intermediate appellate court and remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Raglin

    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0138

    Suppression motion properly denied where defendant was observed in high-crime area immediately after report of gunshots, and thereafter immediately attempted to evade police, providing reasonable suspicion to engage in a stop and investigative detention. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Davison

    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0132

    The evidence was sufficient to support defendants robbery conviction where he injured the victim while both punching her in the head and taking her purse, as the commonwealth was not required to elicit from the victim testimony regarding her precise level of pain. The appellate court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Castro

    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lycoming
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1516

    A search warrant requesting specifically described photos and videos for a period of approximately one calendar year was not temporally overbroad. The court denied defendants motion to suppress.

  • Commonwealth v. Cline

    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1915

    The jury properly found defendant guilty of violating the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act where he knowingly and intentionally recorded a courthouse custody conference with his cell phone without the attendees permission, regardless of whether defendant knew the law proscribed such acts. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2018-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0063

    Trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant of a home, where the supporting affidavit failed to provide probable cause to believe that connecting evidence would be found at the home as the defendant and the instrument of crime were seized at the scene. Judgment of sentence vacated, remanded for new trial.