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Posted in Constitutional Rights on May 25, 2020
During the Coronavirus pandemic, some people focused on buying and hoarding toilet paper, but other people chose to focus on buying a gun. According to a recent article, the Pennsylvania State Police conducted approximately 305,000 background search reports between January and March of 2020 for people that were attempting to buy a gun. That number… view more
Posted in ARD,DUI on May 21, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a ground breaking decision and held that participation in Pennsylvania’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program for a DUI offense cannot be used to treat a subsequent driving under the influence case as a second or subsequent offense for mandatory minimum sentencing purposes. This decision will have a huge impact on… view more
Posted in Constitutional Rights,DUI on May 10, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reviewed a Cumberland County DUI conviction and concluded that the original judge had incorrectly denied the suspect’s request for suppression of evidence. In the case, captioned Commonwealth v. Wallett 1677 MDA 2019, Wallett argued that her constitutional rights were violated when a police officer stopped her vehicle in a residential… view more
Posted in Constitutional Rights on April 14, 2020
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the nation, the Pennsylvania governor issued an executive order that allows for a relatively small number of inmates to be released from state prison. The goal of the order is to reduce the prison population and thereby reduce the number of people, both inmates and guards,… view more
Posted in Centre County DUI on April 5, 2020
The law applies to everyone, including police officer when performing their duties and conducting investigations. If the police violate a person’s constitutional rights during an investigation, then the law requires that evidence seized as a result of the violation must be suppressed and cannot be used at future court proceedings. It is a simple concept,… view more
Posted in General on March 31, 2020
The Coronavirus epidemic is bringing out the best in some people, with people sewing masks for medical personnel, and community members coming together to support one another with physical, mental, and emotional needs. Regrettably, bad times also brings out the worst in some people, exemplified by a recent vigilante incident in Maine. According to online… view more
Posted in Constitutional Rights on February 14, 2020
I grew up in Happy Valley, attended Penn State, and currently reside in the area, so I am biased in favor of Penn State. While I am proud of my connections to Penn State, I am disappointed in an apparent double standard that Penn State has employed when disciplining Greek organizations when allegations of misconduct… view more
Posted in Sentencing on November 3, 2019
With the legalization of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, more and more people are taking marijuana to treat ailments. While Pennsylvania law allows people to take medical marijuana if they go through the approval process, the possession of marijuana is still illegal under Federal law. People that get into legal trouble and are sentenced to probation… view more
Posted in Penn State Marijuana Possession on October 7, 2019
The Pennsylvania Attorney General took to Twitter recently to throw his support behind the legalization of marijuana use for people over the age of 21. Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor stated that “[c]ontinuing to criminalize adult personal marijuana use is a waste of limited law enforcement resources, it disproportionately impacts our minority communities and it does not… view more
Posted in Felony Drug Delivery / Possession with Intent to Deliver on August 31, 2019
In December of 2018, a young woman tried to take a 2-foot by 3-foot suitcase into the Bryce Jordan Center during Penn State’s graduation ceremony. She was told by security that the suitcase could not be taken into the building. Instead of taking the suitcase back to her vehicle, she left the suitcase outside while… view more
