Commonwealth v. Wentzel
In Commonwealth v. Wentzel, the defendant appealed after a jury found him guilty of resisting arrest. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed. First, the Court discussed the propriety of the appeal.
March 17, 2021
In Commonwealth v. Wentzel, the defendant appealed after a jury found him guilty of resisting arrest. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed. First, the Court discussed the propriety of the appeal.
In re adoption of A.H. involved Mother’s appeal of the Orphans’ Court decree terminating her rights to her 11-year-old son pursuant to the Adoption Act. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed,
Little appealed the order denying his PCRA petition in which he alleged trial counsel was ineffective for failing to preserve an issue for direct appeal relating to a restriction on
The Pennsylvania Superior Court began the opinion in Commonwealth v. Given by letting the appellant know all the ways in which he waived his claims and filed a bad brief.
In Commonwealth v. Reslink, the defendant appealed his sentence after he was convicted of molesting his nephew. The Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the trial court did not err when,
In Commonwealth v. Knight, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reviewed the defendant’s death sentence. The Court ruled that most of the defendant’s claims were waived. In addressing his claim that PA’s
In DiDonato v. Ski Shawnee, the estate of a deceased teenager sued a ski resort and the teen’s school after the teen died during tryouts for the school’s ski team.
In Garwood v. Ameriprise Fin., the Superior Court held that the Garwoods waived their claims on appeal. Four of the claims were waived because they were not included in the
In Commonwealth v. Betts, the Superior Court set forth the proper procedure for criminal defendants who wish to allege that their attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel during PCRA proceedings
In United States v. Jabateh, the 3rd Circuit affirmed the defendant’s convictions for immigration fraud and perjury. While the 3rd Circuit agreed with the defendant that the government did not
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