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Michael Winters was recently appointed by President Judge David L. Ashworth to serve as a Juvenile Court Hearing Officer in Lancaster County. Juvenile Court Hearing Officers have the authority to preside over detention hearings, detention review hearings, and...
The PA Superior Court has held that when a female exposes her breasts to inmates at a county jail from the street below their cell windows, her public, sexually explicit misconduct violates the open-lewdness statute. Elisabell Berrios received a call from her...
Generally, people who are charged with drunk driving (DUI or DWI) don’t have to tell their boss or anyone at work if they don’t want to. But, if you have to drive as part of your job (beyond driving to and from work), you will need to tell your boss because you will...
Some people get arrested and may find themselves in custody for hours before a judge arraigns them. The type of charge and timing of one's arrest will affect the length pf time they are in custody. While in custody, a person will understandably focus on getting out of...
Driving after you have had a drink is not necessarily a criminal offense. Although it is best not to drink anything before driving, the law does not explicitly prohibit it for most people. Driving after imbibing a sufficient amount of alcohol to render you incapable...
When evidence is suppressed, the prosecution mayl not use it during a trial. This can happen when a judge grants a motion to suppress filed by the defense team. Evidence can be suppressed for various reasons, from violations of your constitutional rights to mistakes...
The PA Supreme Court has held that GPS data, compiled from a GPS monitoring device on a parolee, is not hearsay because it does not constitute a statement made by a declarant, as outlined in Rule 801, as it is not an assertion (or the nonverbal conduct) of a person....
The United States Constitution provides individuals in this country with specific rights. The first 10 Amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. The Fifth Amendment outlines certain rights for people who are being interrogated by the police. The Supreme Court...
You may assume that if you’re being interrogated by a police officer about suspected criminal activity, they have to tell you the truth. That’s not the case. In all 50 states, it’s legal for law enforcement officers to lie to suspects. They often do this to elicit...
The Pa. Superior Court recently reversed and vacated the adjudication of the juvenile, J.C., for Corruption of Minors (COM), holding that where a crime under the law of this Commonwealth requires the perpetrator be an adult, such an offense cannot be deemed a...
