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US Supreme Court invalidates NY restriction on gun licenses

Filed under: Criminal Law by Steven F. Fairlie @ June 23, 2022

Today the United States Supreme Court ruled that New York state may not require its citizens to show just cause in order to obtain a permit to carry a firearm. Such a law is often referred to as a “may issue” law, meaning that the state may issue the permit upon a showing of just […]

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Possession with intent to deliver heroin and cocaine dismissed

Filed under: Criminal Law, Drug Crimes by Steven F. Fairlie @ May 28, 2022

We got a great result today at a Montgomery County Preliminary Hearing by getting the case dismissed. The allegation was that our client was driving back from Philadelphia and swerved over the white fog line. He was pulled over, asked to step out, and subjected to a K9 sniff of his car. The K9 circled […]

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Smoke medical marijuana and get a Pennsylvania DUI?

Filed under: DUI by Steven F. Fairlie @ May 6, 2022

The Pennsylvania Superior Court just shocked the world with something we have written about over and over on this blog. If you smoke medical marijuana prescribed by a doctor in Pennsylvania and then then drive your car at any point in the next month you risk getting a DUI. Right now you are probably rejecting […]

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Bucks County lifts COVID mask requirements for all Courts

Filed under: News by Steven F. Fairlie @ March 1, 2022

Today Bucks County’s Court Administrator sent out a notice to all members of the Bucks County Bar Association advising that President Judge Wallace Bateman has lifted the mask requirement for all Bucks County Courts, effective yesterday. Yesterday we wrote that Montgomery County Courts did the same thing. As a result, lawyers, Judges and members of […]

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Montgomery County Courts lift the mask mandate!

Filed under: News by Steven F. Fairlie @ February 28, 2022

Just today all levels of Courts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania have lifted the “mask mandate.” As a result, it is now up to each person in Court to decide whether he or she wishes to wear a mask – or not. President Judge Carolyn Carluccio suggested that Montgomery County Courts will continue to follow CDC […]

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