Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

Due to financial, social, and health-related concerns, the coronavirus pandemic has been hard on everyone – and for many people, that added hardship comes with heightened emotions. It’s hard to accept the “new normal”...

Regardless of alleged crimes, every individual deserves their day in court and the due process of our judicial system. Often, people act from emotion rather than logic. When you’re facing potential charges, it’s...

As families cope with the fallout from the coronavirus, some unexpected consequences of the pandemic have emerged. Experts suggest that being confined at home for an extended time is leading to increases in violence between...

No matter what you may have allegedly done, whether you’re guilty or not, you always have the right to appeal. After you have gone through the sentencing process, after you realize what punitive measures you face, you still...

With the omnipresence of cell phone cameras, everyone becomes a videographer or photographer when an event takes place. Over the past few months, several videos spread virally, recording police violence against individuals. These...

In today’s world, everything lives on forever on the internet. Even if something is taken down, or found to be false, there’s always the Wayback Machine. If it’s not saved there, people may have taken...

By the end of the first week of March, twenty deaths in the United States had been linked to COVID-19. By the end of that month, Governor Tom Wolf (and many governors across the nation) instated a stay-at-home order. Now, in...

Gun Violence Increase During the Pandemic As the pandemic continues, although crime, in general, is on the decline, gun violence is on the rise, and it seems like every day there’s a new report of a shooting, especially when...

Just about a month ago, Governor Tom Wolf signed two new House bills into legislation: H.B. 1841 and H.B. 1910. These two bills follow on Governor Wolf’s June announcement to begin the process of reforming Pennsylvania...

When an adult commits an offense, they are tried as adults. Minors are often tried with differing expectations and criteria, because they are minors. However, this is not always the case. If a minor, or a person younger than your...

If you give someone else drugs, and they commit a crime, are you culpable? Can you face charges? What may those charges be? In one Pennsylvania county, a man allegedly delivered drugs to a customer. That customer later died of an...

Recently in Pennsylvania, two teenagers allegedly plotted a murder-for-hire scheme. Both face charges. Both face the consequences. The boyfriend-girlfriend pair planned to hire a murderer to do away with the girl’s...

After recent dramatic drives to defund the police, many Americans believe that crime is on the rise. We watch as politicians promise to send federal agents to curb crime in cities nationwide. We stay inside and wonder –...

Over the past year, state after state has issued stay-at-home orders. As Americans have chosen quiet evenings in and canceled vacations, statisticians have noticed an unintended side effect of this inactivity. The primary goal of...

In June 2020, 70-year-old Gary Lynn Moyer was arrested in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, accused of being a “meth-lab mastermind” who used “smurfs” to buy supplies in exchange for his finished product. Moyer was charged with...

As COVID-19 has swept across America, the nation has watched entire cities shut down and industries slow to a halt. People are attempting to resume everyday activities with masks and social distancing. Normal life looks very...

In June 2020, Philadelphia Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person by District Attorney Larry Krasner. The...

Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May, protests have erupted around the nation in response to police brutality, exposing longstanding tension and mistrust between officers of the law and the communities they...

When someone is charged with a crime, the law says that a person is innocent until proven guilty. But what happens when that alleged crime is surrounded by disturbing or salacious circumstances? Can those circumstances affect the...

Having the ability to assemble, protest, and speak one’s mind is one of the most valued and protected rights for all Americans. Americans of all political persuasions understand that being able to express dissent is...