Category: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Commonwealth v. Morgan

The Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed an issue left open by Commonwealth v. Lacombe: Does Pennsylvania’s sexual offense registry violate a registrant’s right to reputation provided in the Pennsylvania Constitution? Here,

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E.A., III v. E.C.

More than three months after Father’s death, and more than two months after the court granted Mother’s petition to withdraw Father’s custody complaint and cancel the custody trial, Maternal Grandmother

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Commonwealth v. Prater

Appellant filed a PCRA petition, claiming that his original sentence was illegal and seeking a new trial on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. The PCRA court held that

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Commonwealth v. Stanley

The defendant was on probation for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, pursuant to Megan’s Law III. Later, he was found to be in violation of his probation and

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Discover Bank v. Booker

Booker appealed the judgment for Discover Bank for $6,765.47 plus interest. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed. First, Booker alleged the trial court erred in finding an express contract between the

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Commonwealth v. Orr

The defendant appealed his conviction of first-degree murder and argued the Commonwealth failed to authenticate some text messages. He alleged the Commonwealth did not prove he authored the messages. The

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In re A.M.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court heard a mother’s appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas that changed the permanency goal from reunification to adoption and terminated her parental

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Commonwealth v. Alexander

Alexander appealed his obscenity conviction based on sexually explicit text messages he sent to an unidentified recipient. He argued the evidence was insufficient because the statute does not make it

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