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  • Commonwealth v. Rendanauer

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 1631 EDA 2021

    Court quashed commonwealth's appeal from trial court orders acquitting defendant of the charges as double jeopardy barred such an appeal. Appeal quashed.

  • Bartlett v. Demich

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 446 MDA 2023

    Trial court correctly dismissed replevin action over domestic animal where the record conclusively showed that an animal rescue organization placed the animal with plaintiff in a foster arrangement and retained legal title to the animal. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Outlaw

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 1788 EDA 2022

    An outburst in open court directing a profanity toward the trial judge supported a conviction for direct criminal contempt where the outburst halted the trial court proceedings and constituted an open defiance of the court's authority. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Griffith

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 1106 MDA 2022

    Telling victim that their property was gone and to "press charges" was sufficient evidence to support an inference that defendant intended to deprive the victim of their property, even where defendant had merely found the property and left it where they had found it. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 980 EDA 2021

    Commonwealth failed to make prima facie case for tampering charges where there was no evidence to support a finding that defendant, a former law enforcement officer, fabricated and added information to a homicide file to support his story after being interviewed by police department's Internal Affairs Division. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Outlaw

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 1788 EDA 2022

    Audible offensive outburst directed toward the trial judge in open court during proceedings was a sufficient disruption to constitute direct criminal contempt. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Derr

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 290 MDA 2022

    Accessing Pennsylvania police database for personal purposes constituted unlawful use of a computer as "exceeds authorized access" was interpreted as accessing a computer system or network for reasons other than those falling within the scope of official permission. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Goodco Mech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 634 WDA 2021

    Trial court held jurisdiction over criminal prosecution for theft by failure to make required disposition of funds based on violations of the Prevailing Wage Act, as only a statute or Supreme Court rule could vest jurisdiction in another court, and the administrative penalties under the PWA did not preempt the imposition of a criminal sentence for theft. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Adorno

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 57 MDA 2022

    Trial court erroneously granted suppression motion where police had confirmed location of social media video from the property's owner and only discovered the mistaken identification at the suppression hearing. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Midgley

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 166 MDA 2022

    Ineffective assistance of counsel claims were meritless where defendant expressly acknowledged at his plea hearing that he understood there was no guarantee of a particular sentence and that the trial court was not bound by the plea agreement between defendant and the commonwealth. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.