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  • Kish v. Kish

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 636 MDA 2023

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the doctrine of paternity by estoppel did not apply and in ordering genetic testing to determine child's paternity because child had a relationship with appellee and his family throughout his life to which appellant, through his action and inaction, acquiesced. Affirmed.

  • Mazzuca v. Abreu

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1264 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in determining there were no contested issues of fact regarding venue and remand was required for evidence as to whether venue was proper in Philadelphia based on appellant's claim that she served appellee Abreu at her "office or usual place of business" pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 402(a)(2)(iii). Vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Bueno

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 130 MDA 2023

    Appellant challenged the judgment of sentence entered on his bench trial conviction for statutory sexual assault and indecent assault of a person less than sixteen years old. The court affirmed, rejecting appellant's contention that he was unlawfully required to register as a sex offender under Revised Subchapter H of the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.

  • Commonwealth v. Rosario

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 372 MDA 2023

    Evidence was sufficient to find defendant guilty of attempting to cause severe bodily injury where prison inmate launched a surprise assault on a corrections officer that ended only when other corrections officers forcibly pulled defendant off the victim, who had attempted to shield himself on the ground. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Bertothy

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 254 WDA 2023

    Neighbors' testimony regarding the annoying or alarming nature of explosion from defendant's property was sufficient to convict defendant of disorderly conduct for making an unreasonable noise. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 459 WDA 2023

    Victim's ability to get a clear view of defendant over a period of several minutes, which enabled the victim to subsequently accurately describe defendant's appearance, created an independent basis to permit an in-court identification despite police suggestively showing the victim a single photo of defendant. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Fletcher

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 144 WDA 2023

    Search warrant affidavit established probable cause where it described the child pornography materials uploaded by an IP address and verified the association of that address with the residence to be searched. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 43 MDA 2023

    Sexual Offenders Assessment Board evaluator could rely on facts outside of defendant's plea colloquy to form opinion on a sexually violent predator designation, and the trial court could find that a diagnostic opinion citing a condition not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version V indicated that defendant suffered from a mental defect. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1665 MDA 2022

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in revoking defendant's Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program acceptance following the filing of charges stemming from a second DUI arrest that occurred prior to entry into ARD where the trial court would have denied defendant's application but for defendant concealing his arrest. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • In re Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1576 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly vacated 2017 transfer order approving a purchase agreement of petitioner's structured settlement payments in exchange for a lump sum payment because purchaser never made the required lump sum payment and trial court had extraordinary cause to justify its intervention more than 30 days after entry of the 2017 order. Affirmed.