There was sufficient evidence to support appellant’s convictions of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. However, his double jeopardy protections were violated because both convictions arose from the same incident. On remand, the trial court must ...

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Where appellant’s weapon was in a zipped backpack on the passenger-side floor of the vehicle he was driving, the motor vehicle exception to the concealed weapon statute does not apply because the weapon was not secured in a compartment or ...

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The trial court correctly allowed a malicious wounding victim to invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination at appellant’s trial. Further, there was no error in allowing the prosecutor to introduce a transcript of the victim’s testimony at appellant’s preliminary ...

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Where the trial court suspended a portion of appellant’s sentences, “the period of suspension of the suspended sentences” began to run upon his release from prison and not, as he argues, upon the court’s pronouncement of the suspended sentence. As ...

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Appellant’s phone records, which the commonwealth obtained from his cell service provider with an ex parte order, were admissible at trial under the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. Further, the commonwealth did not waive the good-faith argument by ...

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Where the trial court dismissed charges of felony assault of a police officer and misdemeanor obstruction of justice against appellees, this was error. Even assuming without deciding that the officers violated the Fourth Amendment when entering the appellees’ property, this ...

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A wife was not entitled to a share of the increase in the value of her husband’s personal investment accounts and other stock that occurred in the marriage because the increase in value was not so substantial that it could ...

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Where the original amount of child and spousal support agreed to by the parties and included in the divorce decree exceeded the husband’s current total income, and there was no finding that the husband was voluntarily underemployed, the change in ...

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The trial court did not err in rejecting the defendant’s speedy trial act and evidentiary challenges to his conviction for sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a child. Other challenges were not raised in a timely fashion. Background ...

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An en banc court held that because defendant touched or grabbed the victim’s breasts against her will and twisted as hard as he could for about a minute, a rational factfinder could conclude the “force” requirement was met, thus elevating ...

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