White Oak, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at White Oak, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
OUTCOME: Evidence suppressed; case dismissed
Client was facing felony drug charges resulting from a traffic stop where contraband was discovered. The traffic stop was based upon traveling in the left hand lane without passing another vehicle. A ... fter the stop, the State Trooper conducted a search of the vehicle despite receiving no permission to do so. As a result, a substantial amount of drugs were discovered. A motion to suppress was filed.
OUTCOME: New Trial
Post Conviction Relief Act. Claim for ineffective assistance of counsel.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with felony drug offenses. Despite the arresting officer admitting during the preliminary hearing, on cross-examination, that he speculated as to the client's involvement in the off ... enses, the case was bound over for trial. That finding was challenged with the filing of a pretrial motion. Before the matter came up for a hearing in the trial court, the Commonwealth dismissed the charges.
OUTCOME: Reversed and remanded
Trial court denied Motion for Return of Property for return of firearm. Commonwealth presented no evidence to show that the firearm was derivative contraband. Appeal taken to the Commonwealth Court o ... f Pennsylvania.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Prosecutors withdrew third (felony) DUI offense on the eve of trial after further review of earlier suppression record.
OUTCOME: Vacated/Remanded
Following a jury trial, client was convicted of corruption of minors graded as a third-degree felony. The jury was never instructed on the element of "course of conduct" to render a verdict for corrup ... tion of minors as a third-degree felony. The client's appeal rights lapsed. They were successfully reinstated, and the corruption of minors charge graded as a felony was challenged on appeal as an illegal sentence.
OUTCOME: New trial
Post Conviction Relief Act. Claim for ineffective assistance of counsel.
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