We were all hopeful that this was behind us, but with the recent surge in COVID in the Philadelphia suburbs Bucks County has suspended all jury trial from January 20, 2022 through February 28, 2022. It will be interesting to see if another Order comes out suspending trials from February 28 or jury trials will […]
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Cops smell weed – can you be arrested?
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just addressed, though not necessarily answered, the long-standing question of whether police may search or arrest based upon the mere odor of marihuana. The Court held that the odor of marihuana alone is no longer sufficient to create probable cause to arrest now that marihuana is legal in many forms […]
Time to Beg Your Pardon
Have you been convicted of a crime in Pennsylvania? There are complicated rules that apply to minor misdemeanors and summary offenses, those who have completed an ARD program, and those who won their cases at trial or had the charges dismissed – which permit expungement (erasure) of criminal records. But if you were convicted of […]
More thoughts on the Cosby reversal
https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2021/07/01/even-bad-people-legal-community-divided-on-unpopular-decision-that-freed-cosby/?kw=%27Even%20Bad%20People%27:%20Legal%20Community%20Divided%20on%20Unpopular%20Decision%20That%20Freed%20Cosby&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20210702&utm_term=tli
Debunking Cosby
I’ve heard enough spin on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cosby conviction today to justify an article that spells out what really happened. The case was hotly contested by both sides. But there is no way that a jury was going to ignore a parade of women saying that they were sexually assaulted. […]
