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  • Commonwealth v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 2209 EDA 2021

    Use of license plate reader system did not constitute Fourth Amendment search since drivers had no reasonable expectation of privacy in their license plate number or the location of their vehicle in public, and LPR systems could not provide real-time or constant location information unlike GPS trackers. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Dunkins

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Privacy
    Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-0189

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress cell site collection data offered at his trial where he stood accused of robbery on the campus of the college he attended since defendant agreed to surrender some privacy rights to have his cell phone access the college's Wi-Fi network in exchange for use of the network. The superior court affirmed.

  • Carlino East Brandywine, L.P. v. Brandywine Village Assoc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-10-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-1285

    The appellate court declined to find waiver of issues on appeal based on the volume of issues appellant raised in its concise statement of matters pursuant to Pa.R.A. P 1925 where it did not appear that appellant intentionally subverted rule 1925. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Cunningham v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 18-0390

    Trial court authorized to impose civil contempt for partys violation of separation order, regardless of whether such order was incorporated into the divorce decree. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • November 24, 2008 |

    With or Without Children, School Bus Stop Is There

    A split en banc Superior Court panel has ruled that selling drugs within 500 feet of a school bus stop is still punishable by triple the mandatory minimum sentence for attempted drug sales, even if

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