Criminal Defense

A crime of passion is a valid legal defense that can be used in some cases. It generally means that the person wasn’t thinking or acting rationally, but they were simply reacting to some unanticipated emotional event. Perhaps the most common example of this is when a...

There’s no doubt that the tone of discourse on social media sites has coarsened. Many people have no problem lashing out at a celebrity or other public figure they’ll never meet in person. As America’s deep political and cultural divisions have widened in recent...

Compared with armed robbery, which victimizes an individual, or embezzlement, which involves pocketing your employer's resources, health care fraud probably doesn't seem like a serious criminal allegation. After all, the victims of health care fraud are either massive...

While law enforcement cannot force you to incriminate yourself in Pennsylvania, you may inadvertently do so when talking to an undercover officer or confidential police informant. In this case, can the prosecution use that information in a criminal case against you?...

Facing a serious fraud, embezzlement or other white collar crime charge can be scary enough without added challenge of out-of-state laws. Out-of-state criminal charges can lead to new hoops you may have to jump through as a suspect. If a state other than your home...

Should you be serving a Pennsylvania probation or parole and allegedly violate one or more of the conditions thereof, the court could return you to prison depending on what happens at your Gagon hearings. The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole explains that...

The criminal justice system seems to be in a state of change as of late. Many factors contribute to this but the ultimate goal is to help punish people who break the law while also providing them with the tools to rehabilitate into productive citizens who aren't going...