Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 12/11/2017
Commonwealth v. Felder
Citations
- 176 A.3d 331
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- reiterating that “the trier of fact, while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence”
- reiterating that “the trier of fact[,] while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence” (citation omitted)
- stating that “the purpose of the PFA Act is to protect victims of domestic violence from those who perpetrate such abuse, with the primary goal of advance prevention of physical and sexual abuse” (brackets, original quotation marks and citation omitted)
- Commonwealth proves indirect criminal contempt where PFA order was “sufficiently definite, clear, and specific” as to prohibited conduct; the contemnor had notice; the violation was volitional; and contemnor acted with wrongful intent.
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Judges: Dubow, Fitzgerald, Panella
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6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BrumbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-31· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. WalshSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-18· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. HaighSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-18· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-08· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-07· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-04-11· cited 39×
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