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Throughout the past couple of months, the media has reported on many different instances of people claiming they saw “creepy clowns” lurking in the woods, sneaking around their property, among other places. In addition, people have been making anonymous online accounts and posing as clowns, apparently…
Over the summer, Pokemon Go exploded onto the mobile game scene, as millions of people downloaded the app and started chasing Pokemon all over town. Suddenly, wherever you looked, you would find people staring at their phone and swiping to try to catch this fictional animated…
With the rise of the internet also came the rise of internet crimes. The internet opened up an entirely new realm for criminal offenses, especially due to the potential for anonymity in many online communications. However, authorities in Pennsylvania prosecute internet and computer crimes aggressively and…
Pennsylvania criminal law sets out many different sexually related offenses and different types of sexual assault. The different sexual assault charges depend on the nature of the sexual contact, the identity of the alleged victim, the identity of the alleged assailant, and other relevant circumstances. One…
It seems like all the news talks about lately in the United States is cops shooting unarmed black men who did not actually present a threat to the police or the community. The Washington Post reports that 990 people were shot and killed by law enforcement officers…
If you are convicted of a crime – whether due to a guilty plea or a jury verdict – the next step in your case will be sentencing. During sentencing, the judge decides what penalties you will face for your specific criminal offense as allowed by…
In order to convict you of any criminal offense, a prosecutor must prove all of the elements of that crime as set out in Pennsylvania criminal law. For example, if you are charged with possession of marijuana, the prosecutor would have to prove not only that…
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathy Kane was found guilty of two counts of perjury and multiple misdemeanors. Today, the question is, what will be Kathy Kane’s sentence? Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines The Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines layout a matrix to be applied to every defendant. However, the guidelines are not mandatory and…
Summary Expungements Pennsylvania allows Summary Expungements under 18 Pa.C.S. §9122(b)(3) if you have been arrest free for five years at the time you file the expungement. The specific language is: (3)(i) An individual who is the subject of the information petitions the court for the expungement of…
As if the federal sentencing guidelines aren’t harsh enough, the guidelines occasionally contain a “cross reference” or a “special instruction”. At sentencing in federal court, Cross References & Special Instructions create a situation where the guidelines are increased to suggest to the court the defendant should get…
