Sharply split state court orders new trial for Central Pa. man convicted of rape
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A sharply divided state Superior Court panel on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a central Pennsylvania man who is serving a 6- to 14-year prison sentence on a rape conviction.
In an opinion by Judge Mary Jane Bowes, the court majority found that Colby Orner’s lawyer failed him at trial by failing to call a witness who would have testified that the alleged victim told her the rape allegation was false and that her sexual encounter with Orner was consensual.
Orner, now 48, of Mount Wolf, was convicted by a York County jury in 2014 for an incident that occurred at a home in Manchester on New Year’s Eve of 2012.
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LOCK HAVEN The president of Bloomsburg University who has a controversial past has been named interim president of Lock Haven University as the two school prepare for an integration with Mansfield University.
Dr. Bashar Hanna began his job at LHU today.
He succeeds Dr. Robert Pignatello, who is joining the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Office of the Chancellor as senior advisor for integration strategy, focusing on workforce development and short-term credentials.
“I am humbled to have been selected as interim president of Lock Haven University by the State System’s Board of Governors,” Hanna said. “They have put their faith in me to lead Lock Haven into the future. With student success as our guiding light, we will continue to fulfill the university’s mission. Now more than ever, our region’s students need access to an exemplary, affordable education. The work we are doing together to support the northeast integratio
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Atty Who Trolled Santander Bank Off Hook For Billboard Cost
Law360 (January 13, 2021, 10:37 PM EST) A Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court s decision to absolve a criminal defense attorney from paying an outdoor advertising company for a full month to display a billboard taunting Santander Bank after the advertisement was pulled after just a few days.
In a 19-page opinion authored by Judge Mary Jane Bowes, the panel unanimously found that a contract between attorney A. Charles Peruto Jr. and billboard publisher Catalyst Outdoor Advertising LLC clearly contained a provision allowing Peruto to pay on a per-day basis to display his advertisement.
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PENNSYLVANIA A state superior court has ruled in favor of Acme Markets claim to a $4.15 million winning lottery ticket that went unsold before being purchased by a store employee after the winning numbers had already been announced.
In a ruling issued Dec. 15, Judge Mary Jane Bowes dismissed an appeal filed by Beverlie Seltzer, a former longtime employee at the Doylestown Acme, who argued that she was the purchaser and therefore sole proprietor of the winning ticket.
The case dates back to March 21, 2019, when a customer walked into the Doylestown grocery store and requested five PA Match 6 tickets. The cashier used the lottery terminal to print one ticket with five sets of numbers on it, with each set costing $2. After reviewing the ticket, the customer rejected it and asked Acme to print five separate tickets for him, and the rejected ticket was added to a pile of mistake tickets that are kept by the store as a matter of policy, according to court docu
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DOYLESTOWN, PA A state superior court has ruled in favor of Acme Markets claim to a $4.15 million winning lottery ticket that went unsold before being purchased by a store employee after the winning numbers had already been announced.
In a ruling issued Dec. 15, Judge Mary Jane Bowes dismissed an appeal filed by Beverlie Seltzer, a former longtime employee at the Doylestown Acme, who argued that she was the purchaser and therefore sole proprietor of the winning ticket.
The case dates back to March 21, 2019, when a customer walked into the Doylestown grocery store and requested five PA Match 6 tickets. The cashier used the lottery terminal to print one ticket with five sets of numbers on it, with each set costing $2. After reviewing the ticket, the customer rejected it and asked Acme to print five separate tickets for him, and the rejected ticket was added to a pile of mistake tickets that are kept by the stor