What Convictions Can Result in Drivers’ License Suspensions and for How Long?
- posted: Apr. 30, 2023
- Criminal Defense
Losing your privilege to drive is a serious consequence of conviction of certain offenses. This can affect your entire life from social outings to your ability to get to work. Read More
PA Court Affirms Warrantless Seizure of a Handgun in Plain View
- posted: Mar. 30, 2023
- Criminal Defense
Pennsylvania drivers stopped for traffic offenses are always in peril of police intruding on their right of privacy in their vehicles. Even though police generally require a warrant or probable Read More
New Law Increases Penalties for Repeat DUIs in Pennsylvania
- posted: Feb. 21, 2023
- DUI
Pennsylvania drivers need to be wary of a newly enacted law that increases the level of crimes and imposes stiffer penalties for repeat DUI offenses. The legislation, known as Deana’s Read More
What to Look for in a Criminal Defense Lawyer
- posted: Dec. 20, 2022
- Criminal Defense
If you’ve been charged with a criminal offense, there is a lot at stake. The possibilities of jail, fines, other penalties and a criminal record are all real concerns. You Read More
The Close-in-Age Exemption and Other Defenses to Statutory Rape
- posted: Nov. 20, 2022
- Sex Crimes
Sexual offenses are serious crimes. If convicted, the defendant faces heavy consequences such as lengthy prison sentences, heavy fines and lifelong registration as a sex offender. And when the victim Read More
Ruling Allows Police to Pull You Over if License Plate Obscured by Frame
- posted: Oct. 20, 2022
- Traffic Offenses
Some police stops are nothing more than pretexts. You are pulled over for some minor traffic violation that allows the officers to find cause to search the car for evidence Read More
Fentanyl Trafficking Now a Priority for Pennsylvania Drug Enforcement
- posted: Sep. 20, 2022
- Drug Crimes
Fentanyl abuse is taking lives and devastating communities throughout the country. While this opioid is used for legitimate medical treatment (by prescription only), the illegal use of Fentanyl has increased Read More
Can Police Racial Profiling Be a Defense to Criminal Charges?
- posted: Aug. 20, 2022
- Criminal Defense
Racial profiling is one of the more insidious practices used by law enforcement. Police can legitimately fight crime using “criminal profiling” — that is, looking for suspects based on characteristics Read More
Johnny Depp Case Illustrates Unsettled Law on Recording Phone Calls
- posted: Jul. 20, 2022
- Defamation
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, which occupied public attention for weeks, finally came to an end on June 1. While the public focused on the salacious details of the Read More
Perils Faced by Juveniles Charged with Sex Crimes
- posted: Jun. 20, 2022
- Sex Crimes
In Pennsylvania, the juvenile courts have jurisdiction over people under 18 years old who are suspected of criminal conduct. A minor who is determined to be a juvenile delinquent faces Read More