Many clients who suffer a driver’s license suspension ask us for advice regarding when they should surrender their license to PennDOT. Dealing with a driver’s license suspension is stressful. Besides losing the ability to drive, you need to navigate the rules of PennDOT. There is no government body more confusing than PennDOT. It is impossible […]
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New Felony Clean Slate law proposed in Pennsylvania
A brand new proposal in Pennsylvania would make it easy for most people convicted of felony drug charges to have their records erased. House Bill 1826, sponsored by State Representatives Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia) and Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland), would expand a 2018 law that provides for lower level misdemeanor charges to be sealed if the person […]
Chester County Judge declares SORNA unconstitutional!
A Chester County Judge has determined that SORNA is unconstitutional on many grounds in a blockbuster opinion! In Commonwealth v. George Torsilieri the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had remanded the case back to the Chester County Court for a determination of how five factors from Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez applied to SORNA. The Court struck down the […]
US Supreme Court invalidates NY restriction on gun licenses
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 […]
Possession with intent to deliver heroin and cocaine dismissed
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 […]
