TWO DAYS AGO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUED TWO INTERNAL MEMOS TO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OUTLINING PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DISCOVERY. THE MEMOS ARE FULL OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USEFUL TO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE: Justice Sutherland’s observations regarding the role of a prosecutor are as […]
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LIZ WINS AGAIN
Liz won another rape case today in Delaware County. One day after the scheduled opening of the trial where her client faced a five year mandatory minimum sentence her client pled guilty to six months of house arrest on corruption of minors and indecent assault, avoiding jail time and the Megan’s Law reporting requirements. If […]
Identity Theft Restitution – A Change in the Law
Pennsylvania law has been modified to expand the restitution permitted in Identity Theft cases. In addition to all traditional restitution, the amendments provide for all reasonable expenses incurred by the victim, or on the victim’s behalf, to: 1) investigate the identity theft 2) bring or defend criminal and/or civil actions in court to redress the […]
IS MY ARREST RECORD AUTOMATICALLY EXPUNGED AFTER I COMPLETE ARD? NO!
I finally decided to post this issue to our blog after encountering yet another client who was told by the court that as a part of ARD his record would be expunged. The more accurate way to state this is that it can be expunged. However, unless you prepare and file a Expungement Petition and […]
The Execution of the Sniper Raises Fundamental Questions about the Death Penalty
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Today, November 10, 2009, the Northern Virginia Sniper, John Allen Muhammad, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection for the morbid, malicious murders he committed in the Northern Virginia area in 2002. No one disputes that he committed serious, devastating crimes that affected many innocent […]
