On July 1st, 2015, the Protection From Sexual Violence & Intimidation Act (PSVI) (read the whole act here) will go into effect. It provides a civil remedy that a perpetrator of sexual violence have no contact with the victim whether or not the victim seeks criminal prosecution. In many ways, the PSVI Act is a […]
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Victoria’s Secret Employee Pleads Guilty to Having Sex With Teen
In the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, Iris Gibney, 42, pled guilty to having sex with a minor. Police had witnessed Gibney naked in a Pottstown-area park with a 17 year-old boy. By pleading guilty, Gibney, who works at the Victoria’s Secret at the King of Prussia Mall, admitted to the facts […]
PA Supreme Court: Anticipatory Invocation of Miranda Subject to Temporal Test
In Commonwealth v. Bland, 2015 Pa. Lexis 1128, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that to require a suspension of questioning by law enforcement officials subject to the exclusionary remedy, an invocation of the Miranda-based right to counsel must be made upon or after actual or imminent commencement of in-custody interrogation. In other words, a defendant […]
Pennsylvania Courts Launch Docket “App”
Need to access a client’s file on the fly? There is an app for that, says Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin. Compatible with IPhones and IPads, the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts has launched a free mobile application that will provide useful information including results, charges, status changes, and important dates […]
TIME SENSITIVE: HELP IDENTIFY CONVICTIONS BASED ON FLAWED MICROSCOPIC HAIR ANALYSIS
The United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have issued a report that calls into question more than 90% of trial convictions before 2000 where flawed FBI microscopic hair analysis was used to support the conviction. The NACDL, FBI, and the Philadelphia Inquirer have reported […]
