COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ABDIRISAK MOHAMUD

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ABDIRISAK MOHAMUD No. 259 WDA 2010 2010 PA Super 224 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 12/6/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence January 14, 2010, Court of Common Pleas, Butler County, Criminal Division at Nos. CR-0000117-09 - CP-10-CR-0000930-2009
Before: MUSMANNO, DONOHUE and OTT, JJ.
Opinion by: DONOHUE, J.
Appellant, Abdirisak Mohamud (“Mohamud”), appeals from the trial court’s January 14, 2010 sentence imposing 246 to 492 days of imprisonment, followed by two years of probation for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Mohamud challenges Pennsylvania’s Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (“the Act”), 35 P.S. § 780-101 - § 780-141, as violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution for lack of fair warning of the proscribed conduct for which he was convicted. After careful analysis, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ARNALDO TORRES SANTIAGO

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ARNALDO TORRES SANTIAGO No. 446 EDA 2008 2009 PA Super 169 Atlantic: 980 A.2d 659 Filed: 8/28/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered December 12, 2007, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, at No. CP-51-CR-0802161-2006.
Before: BENDER, SHOGAN, JJ. and McEWEN, P.J.E.
Opinion by: SHOGAN, J.
Appellant, Arnaldo Torres Santiago, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following his convictions of first degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime (“PIC”), and two counts of violating the Uniform Firearms Act (“VUFA”). Appellant challenges, inter alia, the admission of the murder weapon and a witness statement obtained as a result of Appellant’s suppressed confession to police. We affirm.

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ESTATE OF ANNA E. FRIDENBERG, DECEASED APPEAL OF: WACHOVIA BANK

ESTATE OF ANNA E. FRIDENBERG, DECEASED APPEAL OF: WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. No. 2119 EDA 2008 2009 PA Super 164 Atlantic: 982 A.2d 68 Petition for Reargument Denied 10/30/2009 Filed: 8/24/2009
	Appeal from the Order entered July 1, 2008 In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Orphans’ Court, No. 261 of 1941
Before: STEVENS, KLEIN and KELLY, JJ.
Opinion by: KELLY, J.
Dissenting Opinion Opinion by: KLEIN, J.
Appellant, Wachovia Bank, N.A., appeals from the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Orphans’ Court Division, denying its application for certain commissions on trust principal as compensation for trust administration services. Appellant challenges the Orphans’ Court’s conclusion that such commissions were barred by In re Williamson’s Estate, 82 A.2d 49 (Pa. 1951). We reverse the order of the Orphans’ Court and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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