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  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0768

    Where Appellate Rule 341 and construing case law only required a criminal appellant to file separate notices of each appeal for each separate docket number being appealed, the court erred by imposing a requirement that a notice of appeal could only list one docket number. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Larkin

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0769

    Although defendant was required to file separate notices of appeal when appealing multiple docket numbers, the trial court's order directing defendant to file "an appeal" or "a notice of appeal" constituted a breakdown of the court system that allowed defendant to avoid quashal of his appeal. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Lewis v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0682

    Trial court had grounds to invalidate post-nuptial settlement agreement on grounds of divorce where evidence demonstrated husband's history of physical and emotional abuse, wife's fragile emotional state at the time husband had her execute the agreement, and the lack of opportunity for wife to consult with counsel. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v.Giliam

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0602

    The revocation of defendant's probation sentence could not stand where he was acquitted of the new criminal charges giving rise to the probation revocation hearing and the trial court erroneously considered whether the probation was an effective deterrent. The superior court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0449

    The superior court conducted an independent review of the record to determine whether defendant's appeal from his murder convictions was wholly frivolous and agreed with the trial court that his sufficiency of evidence challenge lacked merit given the substantial evidence of defendant's guilt. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Lehman

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0413

    Inmate was not entitled to immunity under Drug Overdose Response Immunity Act for charge of possession of controlled substance contraband by an inmate since that charge was a serious felony for which the Act did not provide immunity. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • In re: Adoption of M.C.F.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0387

    Counsel's petition to withdraw denied where father appealing from termination of parental rights had arguably cognizable issue in the form of petitioning mother's failure to demonstrate reasonably anticipated adoption of the parties' children. Counsel's petition to withdraw denied, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0339

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue the order defendant challenged on appeal, where the appellate court had not yet returned the record with instructions for the trial court to proceed and, thus, the trial court's original jurisdiction had not yet revested. The superior court vacated the challenged order.

  • In the Interest of D.J.B.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0255

    Appellant appealed juvenile court's finding he committed indecent assault by touching complainant without her consent and court found that, contrary to appellant's assertion, juvenile court did not show partiality or predetermine the result when it asked attorneys in a sidebar conference to consider a lesser charge and complainant's testimony was sufficient evidence. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Pacheco

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 20-0127

    While the government did in fact conduct a "search" when it obtained defendant's real-time cell site location information, the search at issue was constitutional because it was conducted pursuant to warrants properly issued in accordance with Pennsylvania's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act. The superior court affirmed.