GUILTY PA - Cheryl Silvonek, 54, brutally murdered at her Lehigh County home, 15 March 2015 *daughter & bf charged*

Jamie Lynn Silvonek, W/F/14, for Matricide+ of

Cheryl Louise (Lynn) Silvonek, W/F/54

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, is in South-Eastern, PA.

*https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-39-CR-0002141-2015

Charges:

18 § 2501 §§ A (F1) :: Criminal Homicide

18 § 903 §§ C (F1) :: Homicide Conspiracy

18 § 5510 (M2) :: Abuse Of Corpse

18 § 4910 §§ 1 (M2) :: Tamper With Physical Evidence

Grades of PA Crimes:

H1 = Heinous of 1st Degree; H2
F1 = Felony of 1st Degree; F2; F3
M1 = Misdemeanor of 1st Degree; M2; M3
S = Summary

Pre-Trial Confinement Without Bail, since 4/2/15.

Matricide is the Killing of One's Mother.

PA Juveniles are INeligible for the Death Penalty.

Charges Against Co-Defendant in Next Post.

*Negotiated Plea of 35 Years-to-Life for:

18 § 2502 §§ A (H1) :: 1st Degree Murder

*[Per Page 4 of 23]
 
Barnes & Silvonek :: Homicide+ :: Lehigh County :: 15 Mar 2015

Defendant 1 of 2: US Army SPC Caleb Gregory Barnes, W/M/21,

for Homicide+ of Cheryl Louise (Lynn) Silvonek, W/F/54

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, is in South-Eastern, PA.

Your One-Click Source* Of Upper Court:

All ChargeS --- No Bail --- Pre-Trial Confinement --- MotionS --- Scheduled Court DateS

Verdicts --- Sentencing --- Payments --- Follow-Up --- Appeals

*Upper Court Criminal Docket Sheet:

*https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-39-CR-0002140-2015

Charges:

18 § 2501 §§ A (F1) :: Homicide

18 § 903 §§ C (F1) :: Homicide Conspiracy

18 § 5510 (M2) :: Abuse Of Corpse

18 § 4910 §§ 1 (M2) :: Tamper With Physical Evidence

Grades of PA Crimes:

H1 = Heinous of 1st Degree; H2
F1 = Felony of 1st Degree; F2; F3
M1 = Misdemeanor of 1st Degree; M2; M3
S = Summary

"Recent Entries made in the Court Filing Offices may not be
immediately reflected on these Docket Sheets..."

Charges Against Co-Defendant in Previous Post.

*Barnes Trial Postponed till August 4, 2016:

*[Per Page 2 of 16]
 
Barnes & Silvonek :: Homicide+ :: Lehigh County :: 15 Mar 2015

Defendant:

US Army SPC Caleb Gregory Barnes, W/M/21,

for Homicide+ of Cheryl Louise (Lynn) Silvonek, W/F/54

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, is in South-Eastern, PA.

http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/Verdict-reached-in-Caleb-Barnes-trial/41178868


Your One-Click Source* Of Upper Court:


All ChargeS --- No Bail --- Pre-Trial Confinement --- MotionS --- Scheduled Court DateS

Verdicts --- Sentencing --- Payments --- Follow-Up --- Appeals

*Upper Court Criminal Docket Sheet:

*https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-39-CR-0002140-2015

Charges:

18 § 2501 §§ A (F1) :: Homicide

18 § 903 §§ C (F1) :: Homicide Conspiracy

18 § 5510 (M2) :: Abuse Of Corpse

18 § 4910 §§ 1 (M2) :: Tamper With Physical Evidence

Grades of PA Crimes:

H1 = Heinous of 1st Degree; H2
F1 = Felony of 1st Degree; F2; F3
M1 = Misdemeanor of 1st Degree; M2; M3
S = Summary

*"Recent Entries made in the Court Filing Offices may not be
immediately reflected on these Docket Sheets..."
 
Teen who pleaded guilty in mother's killing appeals case

http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/teen-who-pleaded-guilty-in-mothers-killing-appeals-case-1/501722598

One year after Jamie Silvonek pleaded guilty in her mother Cheryl's 2015 murder, the Upper Macungie teen's defense attorney is fighting to get her a lesser sentence.

"The only issue we could argue at this point was to get her to juvenile court. That was our only appellate issue," said attorney John Waldron.

Waldron argued Silvonek, who is now 16, never belonged in adult court, and said a Lehigh County judge who made that decision relied on questionable testimony.

"Our experts were more believable than the commonwealth's. Since she had just turned 14, her brain wasn't fully developed and therefore she was impressionable. She was impulsive, she made poor decisions," Waldron said.

The three-judge panel will decide in a few months if Silvonek should have been tried as a minor.
 
Appellate court upholds Lehigh judge's decision to keep Jamie Silvonek in adult court

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-jamie-silvonek-upper-macungie-mother-murder-appeal-upheld-20170810-story.html

Jamie Silvonek’s quest to get out of prison on her 21st birthday hit a roadblock this week when an appellate court refused to overturn a Lehigh County judge’s decision to try the Upper Macungie teen as an adult for her mother’s murder.

In a 13-page decision filed late Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the state Superior Court called Silvonek’s “an extraordinary case,” but found no errors in Dantos’ ruling.

"Our comprehensive review of the certified record in this matter confirms that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Silvonek’s motion to transfer to juvenile court,” the opinion states.

Waldron said Thursday that he will now take the case to the state Supreme Court.
 
February 2018:

Soldier who killed 14-year-old girlfriend's mom gets no mercy from Pa. court
Saying it found no fault with how he was investigated, questioned or prosecuted, a state appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence for a soldier who killed his 14-year-old girlfriend's mother.

Stabile rejected Barnes' claim that his confession to police should have been suppressed because it was made while he was under duress. The detectives never tried to intimidate Barnes, nor did he ask for a lawyer or demand that the interrogation end, the judge noted.
 
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Jamie Lynn Silvonek, F/22 Appeals to Federal Court

WFMZ:


Previous PA Court of Common Peas Court Docket:

F/22 = Female / Age 22
Habeus Corpus = Request to Demonstrate ReasonS for Conviction & Sentencing
PCRA = Post Conviction Relief Act
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UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - Lawyers for a woman who had pleaded guilty to plotting to kill her mother back when she was a teenager have withdrawn a petition asking for her plea and conviction to be tossed.

Chief Legal Officer Marsha Levick, with the Juvenile Law Center, said "we made a strategic decision in consultation with our client to withdraw" the habeas corpus petition.

The petition had called for the sentence, plea, and conviction of 22-year-old Jamie Silvonek to be tossed. She had pleaded guilty to plotting to kill her mother, Cheryl Silvonek, with her boyfriend back when she was 14.
 

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