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NEW MEDICAL THEORIES DRAWING “SHAKEN BABY” SYNDROME CONVICTIONS INTO QUESTION

Filed under: Criminal Law, Death Penalty Cases, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ February 2, 2011

The medical community has long accepted, and in fact testified, that the presence of certain symptoms are indicative of a baby that has been violently shaken, and that the shaking must have taken place within a short period of time just prior to the onset of the symptoms. Now doctors who have testified to that […]

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Fairlie & Lippy Wins DNA Testing For Convicted Murderer

Filed under: Criminal Law, Death Penalty Cases, Fairlie & Lippy News, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ January 13, 2011

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reversed an Order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas that rejected Robert Conway’s attempt to test evidence from his 1987 Murder Conviction for DNA. Steven Fairlie, along with Craig Cooley of the Innonence Project, represented Mr. Conway in a Petition for post-conviction DNA testing of certain evidence from […]

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David Manilla Shooting of Hunter With 9 Point Buck

Filed under: Criminal Law, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 29, 2010

There has been so much demand for the affidavit of probable cause from the case of David Manilla, a Montgomery County Criminal Defense Lawyer who lives in Worcester and who allegedly shot a hunter in Richland Township near Quakertown, that we are including the text of the police affidavit of probable cause below: Commonwealth v. […]

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Pennsylvania’s New Expungement Rules Take Effect

Filed under: Criminal Law Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 18, 2010

Those with a criminal record should take note. Pennsylvania has adopted new rules of criminal procedure to standardize the process across the Commonwealth. These new expungement rules, for both summary offenses and court cases including misdemeanors and felonies, will take effect December 21, 2010. Anyone hiring a lawyer to file the expungement petition for them […]

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White man jailed for three days when mistaken for black man 9 years younger and 100 pounds heavier because they share the name William Hilton

Filed under: Criminal Law, News, Strange But True Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 5, 2010

With all of today’s technology and sophistication you would think it would not be possible, but yet another mistaken identity case is making headlines. It can only be apathy on the part of law enforcement that would permit a white man 100 pounds lighter and 9 years older than the wanted fugitive who shares his […]

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