Can a Felony be Reduced to a Misdemeanor?
While being charged with any crime is not ideal, being charged with a felony offense with having a more lasting and significant impact on your life than a misdemeanor.
The Difference Between Criminal Cases and Civil Cases
In the United States, the legal system addresses crimes in two different case types, civil and criminal. Crimes are actions or omissions that can be prosecuted accordingly by the state and punishable by law.
Difference Between Misdemeanors and Felonies
There is a sharp difference between a misdemeanor and a felony. A misdemeanor is a less severe crime, and a felony is the most severe crime category that a person can commit.
7 Holidays with the Highest DUI Rates
The holidays should be a time of enjoying family, giving, and celebrating together. Often, this involves becoming impaired and can lead to disaster.
Prescription Drugs Put You at Risk of a DUI
Driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while impaired (DWI) Erie PA are both serious infractions that can have lasting effects and lead to jail time.
Why DUI Defense in Erie PA is Critical
When facing charges for a DUI in Erie PA, having a strong defense can mean the difference between jail time and a criminal record and walking away with your dignity intact.
Am I Going to Have a Record?
Most people ask this question out of concern for what the offense may mean when it comes to acquiring or keeping a job. With that, you must understand that how a charge impacts your record generally falls into four categories.
Am I Going to Jail?
The short answer, in many instances, is probably not. The long answer as you might expect, is it depends. It depends on the county in which you were charged because in most instances the more rural the county the more likely the Commonwealth is to be seeking a penalty of incarceration.
You Said What? Text Messages, Social Media & the Human Condition
It’s 2017. The world today is very different than the one I or my parents grew up in. Hours spent playing cards, hide and go seek, and baseball have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Those activities have been replaced by our obsession with any one of a myriad of electronic devices.
Commonwealth v. Gary – The Odor of Marijuana
Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in order for law enforcement to search a vehicle they have generally needed to have both probable cause and exigent circumstances. That all changed in April of 2014. It’s a three year old case, but the impact the case has had on the criminal justice world has been significant.
