Category: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Commonwealth v. Carr

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a sentencing court erred and abused its discretion by imposing unreasonable and inappropriate probation conditions. Appellant pleaded guilty to indecent assault of an adult

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Commonwealth v. Williams

The Pennsylvania Superior Court begrudgingly vacated the defendant’s illegal sentence. The defendant pleaded guilty to various crimes and was sentenced to two years’ state intermediate punishment (“SIP”) followed by three

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Commonwealth v. Prizzia

Tinted windows might deflect the sun, but they attract the eyes of police officers. A trooper could not see through the windows of the defendant’s car, so he pulled it

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Commonwealth v. All That Certain Lot

The Pennsylvania Superior Court offered an informative recitation of the standard and burden-shifting framework of a forfeiture action. Appellant pleaded guilty to PWID and related charges. The Commonwealth then filed a petition

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Commonweslth v. Dula

The defendant appealed after a jury convicted him of crimes for his sexual abuse of a mentally and physically disabled woman in his care. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed. First,

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Commonwealth v. Rogers

This case offers another example of why you should hire the pros at Sullivan | Simon to ghostwrite your appellate briefs. The defendant alleged the verdict was against the weight of

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In re K.M.D

The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the Orphans’ Court order that involuntarily terminated a couple’s parental rights to their five children. The Superior Court held that a county agency failed to

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Commonwealth v. Burke

The proper remedy for a violation of Commonwealth v. McClelland is a discharge, not remand. The defendant, the Commonwealth, and the trial court agreed the magisterial district court and trial

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Commonwealth v. Simmons

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a landmark decision regarding a trial court’s authority to revoke probation. The Court interpreted 42 Pa.C.S. § 9721 and §

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Commonwealth v. Zack

The Pennsylvania Superior Court issued an opinion regarding Megan’s Law III, sexually violent predators, SORNA I, Commonwealth v. Muniz, Commonwealth v. Neiman, and other related provisions. The opinion is best

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