If you think that it could never happen, keep on reading. When most decent people hear the words rape or sexual assault they are justifiably horrified. It is true that rapes and sexual assaults are sexual in nature but in fact they are better described as crimes of violence against...

By now most of you have read about the arrest of 19 year old Miranda Barbour, the so called Craigslist killer. Barbour and her husband of three weeks, Elytte Barbour, are charged in the November 2013 Murder of 42 year old Troy LaFerrara of Sunbury Pennsylvania.

Trial lawyers are often heard to say, “our profession is not a science but an art”. It is the art of persuading either a Judge or a jury as to the merits of the client’s position. A great legal argument is indeed a work of art.

Why should any decent law abiding citizen give a damn about illegal stop and frisk?

On Friday, January 24, 2014, Vladislav Miftakhov, a 19 year old Engineering student at the Penn State University, Altoona Campus, was arrested and charged with Possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction and related offenses. According to a report by 6 ABC news in Philadelphia, Miftakhov, was under suspicion for operating...

The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution as well and Article 1 section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution protect citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. Probably no other area of the law has been the subject of such extensive trial court and appellate court decisions with regard to the...

In somewhat of a surprising decision, the Superior Court Pennsylvania in an opinion issued Thursday, December 26, 2013 reversed the conviction of William J. Lynn for Endangering the Welfare of Children. Lynn was arrested on or about February 10, 2011 and charged with Endangering the Welfare of Children and other...

A 27 year old Montgomey County woman was recently charged with homicide charges after allegedly supplying her 19 year old boyfriend with narcotics who later died of an overdose. The statute under which she was charged is relatively new having been enacted in 2011.

Increasingly postings on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and others are coming under Law Enforcement scrutiny. In August of this year, a young Philadelphia man was arrested as a result of a Facebook posting where he is alleged to have urged his associates to quote “kill all rats”.

Most clients underestimate the importance of the preliminary hearing. In Pennsylvania, the right to a preliminary hearing is provided for by Rule 542 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. The technical purpose of a preliminary hearing is to make a judicial determination of whether there exists sufficient evidence as...