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  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-1361

    Defendant was bound by plea agreement in which he stipulated that withdrawal of his guilty plea would substantially prejudice the commonwealth and the trial court correctly denied his pre-sentence motion for withdrawal. Judgment of sentence vacated in part and affirmed in all other respects.

  • Commonwealth v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2018-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-1197

    The trial court erred in excluding Centre County as a viable venue for this homicide case, involving defendant's alleged delivery of drugs resulting in death, where the statutory requirements for venue set forth at 18 Pa.C.S. §102 existed in both Clinton and Centre Counties. The appellate court vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Crissman

    Publication Date: 2018-09-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-1136

    The trial court did not err in imposing separate sentences for defendant's first and second-degree murder convictions since all the statutory elements of one of the offenses were not included in the statutory elements of the other offense. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Palmore

    Publication Date: 2018-09-18
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-1100

    The trial court erred in excluding evidence of an alleged victim's prior sexual conduct where defendant sought to admit such evidence to attack the victim's credibility and establish a plausible motive for her accusations, not to portray her as promiscuous. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.

  • M.L.S. v. T.H.-S

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-1081

    Trial court properly found that stepfather had standing to pursue a custody action regarding mother's child because he presented over-whelming evidence that he served in the place of child's deceased biological father and mother accepted the benefits of his child rearing efforts. Affirmed.

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  • Bardine v. Bardine

    Publication Date: 2018-08-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-0970

    Where wife filed an untimely petition to open and modify the parties' marital settlement agreement, the trial court lacked authority to open the divorce decree due to intrinsic fraud and the question of whether intrinsic fraud existed was moot. The appellate court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Olds

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-0856

    The trial court did not err in sentencing defendant, who was convicted as a juvenile of second-degree murder prior to June 2012, to the maximum term of life imprisonment under 18 Pa.C.S. §1102(b) as this mandatory maximum did not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Straw v. Fair

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-0638

    Trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of additional defendants who worked on hood latch that failed while father was driving the car and led to a serious accident because genuine issues of material fact existed as to the actions of car inspection station, oil change center and auto parts store in rendering services to plaintiffs. Judgement vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Robertson

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-0607

    Defendant's consent to blood draw was voluntary where she was not advised that she would be subject to criminal penalties for refusal, and where totality of circumstances indicated that defendant understood her rights to refuse a blood draw and was not under coercion or duress. Orders of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 18-0606

    Defendant's subjective belief that he would be subject to criminal penalties for refusing a warrantless blood draw could not render his consent involuntary. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.