When the police ask me if they can search my person/bag/car/home, do I have to let them? Absolutely not. As a criminal defense attorney here in State College, Pennsylvania, I have represented countless individuals who have been charged with the possession of illegal items found on their person, in bags they were carrying, in their
Month: May 2015
Heroin On The Rise In Pennsylvania
As a criminal defense attorney working in mostly rural Central Pennsylvania, I am constantly face-to-face with the heroin epidemic that is affecting both cities and small communities around the country. Recently, I was speaking to a Pennsylvania State Police officer about a case in which my client had been charged with the possession of heroin
Mythbusting #2- You Do Not Have To Stop For Police “Just To Talk”
Do I have to stop and talk to police when they ask me to? Yes and no (but often the answer is no) To answer this question, one must be familiar with some basic legal concepts related to the law of “seizure,” a concept derived directly from the text of the Fourth Amendment to the
Police Are Solving Crimes Using Status Updates
Teens and young adults today document every aspect of their lives in selfies and social media posts. Tweets and Facebook statuses update you on where your friends are and how they’re feeling, or how they’re reacting to the events around them, and Instagram shows you your friends at their best-or worst-depending on their mood. Our