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  • In the Interest of R.H.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 936 MDA 2024

    The court vacated the decrees and order terminating the parental rights of appellant father to R.H.B. and J.K.B., his children, and the orders changing the permanency goals from concurrent return to parent and adoption to adoption and permanent legal custodian, and remanded for further proceedings.

  • Commonwealth v. McKnight

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: 66 WDA 2023

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in directing commonwealth's response to bill of particulars seeking clarification on the manner in which defendant allegedly poisoned the victims since such information was directly related to the alleged actus reus and would shape defendant's defense strategy. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 791 MDA 2022

    Trial court erred in vacating jury's guilty verdict where sexual abuse victim's testimony was sufficient to support a conviction and the jury's verdict demonstrated that it chose to credit the commonwealth's evidence over defendant's case. Order of the trial court reversed, verdict reinstated.

  • In the Interest of K.D.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 20-0973

    Trial court properly found mother was a perpetrator of child abuse pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. §6303(b.1)(5) and trial court's finding was not an abuse of discretion where evidence showed mother rubbed knife over toddler's body and threatened to drop a plugged-in iron in bath tub of water in which toddler and sibling were sitting. Affirmed.

  • In re: Adoption of K.M.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1144

    Intermediate appellate courts only had authority and obligation to sua sponte review a trial court's failure to appoint any counsel for a child in a proceeding to involuntarily terminate parental rights, but not to review whether an appointed GAL had a conflict of interest in representing the child's best interests and legal interests. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Finnegan

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 19-0173

    Defendant's mandatory minimum sentence under 35 P.S. §780-113(k) did not violate Alleyne, as his guilty plea to manufacturing the specific controlled substance of methamphetamine triggered the application of 35 P.S. §780-113(k), not any factual findings of the sentencing court. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgement of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Finnegan

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0173

    Defendant's mandatory minimum sentence under 35 P.S. §780-113(k) did not violate Alleyne, as his guilty plea to manufacturing the specific controlled substance of methamphetamine triggered the application of 35 P.S. §780-113(k), not any factual findings of the sentencing court. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgement of sentence.