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  • Commonwealth v. Dove

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 1380 MDA 2022

    Rape and aggravated indecent assault convictions did not merge for sentencing purposes where rape included the element of sexual intercourse while aggravated indecent assault could be accomplished by digital penetration, which did not qualify as sexual intercourse, and the incidents leading to the convictions occurred in separate criminal acts. Judgment of conviction affirmed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Jeter

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 1523 WDA 2021

    Trial court erroneously denied evidentiary hearing where defendant specifically alleged that a juror discussed the case during trial with a family member after telling the family member that she was having difficulty deciding the case. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Dahl

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 309 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence, challenging the trial court's order imposing victim restitution. The court vacated appellant's sentence and remanded for resentencing.

  • Rogowski v. Kirven

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 725 WDA 2022

    Mother appealed parts of child custody order finding her in contempt for baptizing child without telling father despite father's known opposition, ordering co-parent counseling to purge the contempt and restricting child's use of "dad" to her biological parent and court found trial court properly found mother in contempt, erred in imposing the purge condition and violated child's first amendment rights in the language restriction. Affirmed in part, vacated in part.

  • Erie Ins. Exch. v. Backmeier

    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 323 WDA 2022

    Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law's requirement for excess underinsured motorist coverage did not preclude limitation of protection clause that was consistent with the policyholder's valid execution of a waiver of stacked UIM coverage. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Nuzzo

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 726 WDA 2021

    Trial court erred in denying criminal defendant's request to seal his competency petition, where the petition included mental health treatment records that put the petition within the category of "all documents" subject to confidentiality under the Mental Health Procedures Act. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Forrester-Westad

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 893 MDA 2021

    Trial court correctly granted motion to withdraw guilty plea and quash criminal information where defendant had not validly indicated intent to waive right to counsel at plea hearing and where defendant had previously pled guilty to charge arising from same criminal incident and second prosecution would require the same evidence for conviction. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: K.G.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 22-0824

    Adjudication of delinquency for unauthorized use of an automobile vacated where commonwealth presented no evidence that appellant knew or had reason to know that he did not have the vehicle's owner's permission to operate the vehicle. Order of the trial court vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Lowman

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 22-0765

    Vacating judgment of sentence to resentence under merger principles did not warrant vacating a negotiated plea where the plea agreement did not address sentencing. Order of the PCRA court vacated in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 22-0678

    Subrogation recovery company was not entitled to receive restitution for the costs of health care incurred to treat an assault victim's injuries, where the restitution statute only authorized receipt of restitution funds by a victim or an insurance company. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.