OPINION BY GANTMAN , P.J.E. Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the order entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, which removed the Office of the Philadelphia District Attorney ("DA") and appointed a special prosecutor, in this revocation of probation case. For the following reasons, we transfer the appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. On June 15, 2016, police executed a...
Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedure of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed — Application to Withdraw as Counsel Granted.
Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedure of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Reversed/Remanded.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Vacated/Remanded.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedure of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedure of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Vacated/Remanded.
OPINION BY BENDER , P.J.E. : In this interlocutory appeal, the Commonwealth contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying its "Motion to Disqualify Judge Scott DiClaudio." 1 The Commonwealth alleges that Judge DiClaudio's relationship to his domestic partner ("DP"), a former employee of the Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia, presents an appearance of impropriety due to DP's filing of a charge of racial discrimination against the district attorney's office...
Unpublished Decision. Citation to unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedure of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
OPINION BY BOWES , J. : Charles K. Diggs appeals from the order denying his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"). Upon review, we affirm. We previously summarized the relevant factual history of this case as follows: On February 12, 1974, eighteen-year-old Linda DeBose was brutally stabbed to death in the basement of her home on Medary Avenue in Philadelphia. When Linda's mother, Alice DeBose, returned home from work at approximately 11:20 pm on the evening...
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION — SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 MEMORANDUM BY BOWES , J. Charles K. Diggs appeals from the order denying his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"). Upon review, we affirm. We previously summarized the relevant factual history of this case as follows: On February 12, 1974, eighteen-year-old Linda DeBose was brutally stabbed to death in the basement of her home on Medary Avenue in Philadelphia. When Linda's mother, Alice DeBose,...
OPINION BY KUNSELMAN , J. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson ("the manufacturers") designed, produced, marketed, and sold transvaginal-mesh, named "TVT-Secur," from 2006 through 2012. Unaware of the mesh's health risks, in 2007, Margaret Engleman's physicians implanted the product in her to treat stress urinary incontinence ("SUI"). This surgery occurred in Philadelphia. In 2013, Ms. Engleman sued the manufacturers in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. She claims their vaginal...
Unpublished Decisions. Citation to unpublished opinions of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
OPINION BY BOWES , J. : James M. Brolley appeals from the March 9, 2017 in rem judgment in mortgage foreclosure entered in favor of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for VM Trust Series 3, a Delaware Statutory Trust ("Mortgagee"). We vacate the judgment and dismiss the action with prejudice. The following facts are relevant to our review. On February 7, 2003, Helen Brolley executed a mortgage and note in the principal amount of $65,000, in favor of Wells Fargo Home...
Unpublished Decisions. Citation to unpublished opinions of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed/Vacated/Remanded.
Unpublished Decisions. Citation to unpublished opinions of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is governed by Section 65.37 of the Operating Procedures of the Superior Court, 210 Pa. Code 65.37. Affirmed.
