COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. LESLIE DENIER MOLLETT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. LESLIE DENIER MOLLETT No. 170 WDA 2008 2010 PA Super 153 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 8/17/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence of December 20, 2007, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Criminal Division, at No: CP-02-CR-0000254-2006
Before: BOWES, GANTMAN, and PANELLA, JJ.
Opinion by: BOWES, J.
Leslie Denier Mollett appeals from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment and a consecutive term of incarceration of thirteen to twenty-six years imposed after a jury convicted him of first degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license, disarming a law enforcement officer, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, resisting arrest, and persons not to possess a firearm. After careful review, we affirm.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. SIMEON BOZIC

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. SIMEON BOZIC No. 269 EDA 2010 2010 PA Super 114 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 6/24/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence March 13, 2008 In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Criminal Division at No(s): CP-51-CR-0107651-2005
Before: STEVENS, GANTMAN, and ALLEN, JJ.
Opinion by: STEVENS, J.
Appellant, Simeon Bozic, appeals from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment without parole entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, after a jury rejected his duress defense and convicted him of first-degree murder and related offenses for his role in beating and stabbing the twenty-one year old girlfriend of his co-defendant. He claims the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing his weight of the evidence claim, in denying his requests for a mistrial or continuance when a purportedly key defense witness—co-defendant’s wife—avoided a subpoena and failed to appear in court, in overruling his objection to the prosecutor’s closing remarks, and in denying a presentence motion for extraordinary relief and post sentence motion for reconsideration, each asking for a new trial when the co-defendant’s wife was located after trial.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA vs. FLOYD JOSEPH MONACO

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA vs. FLOYD JOSEPH MONACO No. 256 WDA 2009 2010 PA Super 84 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 5/12/2010
	Appeal from the PCRA Order January 23, 2009 In the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County Criminal, No. CP-37-CR-0000348-1979
Before: GANTMAN, KELLY, AND POPOVICH, JJ
Opinion by: GANTMAN, J.
Appellant, Floyd Joseph Monaco, appeals from the order entered in the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas, which denied and dismissed his serial petition brought pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). We affirm.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ADAM ROSEN

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ADAM ROSEN No. 791 EDA 2009 2009 PA Super 254 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 12/28/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence October 14, 2008, In the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Criminal Division at No. CP-46-CR-0005182-2001.
Before: PANELLA, POPOVICH, and COLVILLE, JJ.
Opinion by: POPOVICH, J.
Appellant Adam Rosen appeals the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment entered on October 14, 2008, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, for his conviction of first-degree murder following retrial. Appellant claims that the trial court erred by permitting expert psychiatric testimony from his first trial to be used as impeachment evidence in his second trial. Appellant asserts that this error presented him with a fait accompli regarding his choice to testify in his own defense and, thereby, violated his right to present a proper defense. Upon review, we affirm

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. VINCENT ANDREW CASCARDO

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. VINCENT ANDREW CASCARDO No. 999 MDA 2008 2009 PA Super 175 Atlantic: 981 A.2d 245 Filed: 9/2/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence January 23, 2008 In the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County Criminal Division at No. CP-38-CR-0000439-2007
Before: ORIE MELVIN, GANTMAN AND CLELAND, JJ.
Opinion by: CLELAND, J.
Appellant, Vincent Andrew Cascardo (Cascardo), appeals the judgment of sentence entered on January 23, 2008 by the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County following his conviction for first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and other related offenses. Cascardo challenges several of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings and alleges a Brady violation. Because we conclude the claims are without merit, we affirm.

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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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