A Senior Judge sitting in Montgomery County Miscellaneous Court recently dismissed a DUI case because the defendant was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 48 hours but had been incarcerated for 10 days awaiting trial. Judge Braxton’s rationale was that the man was not likely to get a sentence of more than 48 hours in […]
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Double Visions Shooter Forbidden From Entering Horsham “Under Any Circumstances”
Magisterial District Judge Harry Nesbitt set a very unusual bail restriction for the man accused of shooting two managers at the Horsham strip club Double Visions: He “cannot be in Horsham under any circumstances”. The allegation in the case is that on October 19, 55-year-old Joseph Thiers was buzzed in a door at Double Visions […]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Analyst Need Not Testify for Confrontation Clause to be Satisfied
On October 30, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Commonwealth v. Yohe, where it held that it is not a violation of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause for a forensic toxicology analyst who merely interpreted test results of a DUI blood sample, but did not actually conduct the testing, to testify about the result. The […]
2013 Montgomery County judicial election results
It’s official – the Montgomery County website has Gail Weilheimer listed as the top vote getter and Steven Tolliver listed in second place, just slightly ahead of the two Republican candidates Maureen Coggins and Sharon Giamporcaro. Most people in the know had difficulty calling this race as it was not clear whether Democrats had the […]
Steven Fairlie Named Top 100 DUI Defense Attorney by National Association
Congratulations to Pennsylvania Attorney Steven Fairlie, who was just named a Top 100 DUI Defense Attorneys by the National Association for DUI Defense. The NAFDD hand-picks the Top 100 DUI Attorneys, an honor that is awarded to only the most successful DUI attorneys. The NAFDD considers several factors when choosing the Top DUI Defense Attorneys, […]
