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With more states across the country gradually legalizing marijuana use for either medical or recreational purposes, laws aimed at regulating driving while under the influence of marijuana have become an increasingly important issue. Currently, Pennsylvania’s driving under the influence of marijuana statute is very similar to its law prohibiting driving under the influence of alcohol […]

In a recent decision that will have a major impact on DUI cases in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Birchfield v. North Dakota, holding that the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless breath tests incident to arrests for drunk driving, but that it does NOT permit warrantless blood tests. Consequently, a […]

This is a great article about the death of capital punishment in Pennsylvania: Marc Bookman’s article about captial punishment . However, one final nail in the coffin: the death penalty has not been imposed against the will of a killer in more than 40 years. The only three convicted murderers executed since 1976 all waived […]

It is very rare to see charges of Drug Delivery Resulting in Death filed, but that has just happened to a Souderton area man and woman who were arrested for deaths in Trumbauersville, Bucks County. Fake percocet pills laced with acetyl fentanyl, a substance recently called out as especially dangerous by Montgomery County District Attorney […]

On June 20th, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Utah v. Strieff, holding 5-3 that an officer’s subsequent discovery of an outstanding warrant for a traffic violation excused his unconstitutional stop and search of the defendant and thus evidence obtained through the illegal search could be admitted against the defendant rather […]