My 21 year old son is charged with furnishing liquor to his minor 20 year old at college. A class "D" misdemeanor.

I practice criminal defense in State College, PA, and the scenario you describe is very common. I handle cases like this all the time. If your...

Can I win a court case against my underage drinking citation? (Pennsylvania)

I would need more information to ascertain your chances at winning at trial, but I can tell you that you would need a criminal defense attorney to...

Yes. If a defendant is highly intoxicated, the citation will usually be sent via summons. The police fear that if they give a citation to a drunk...

Can you get a felony record expunged?

The reason a felony conviction appears on a record 15 years later is because misdemeanor and felony convictions never go away. It is not like a...

How much time would you get for shooting at a Philadelphia police officer?

Many factors would affect a possible sentence. It would depend on what the defendant was ultimately convicted of and what the defendant's prior...

Yes, however your son's admission alone cannot form the basis of a conviction due to the corpus delicti rule. He can be convicted only if the...

Do I need a lawyer if I was caught after smoking marijuana and the marijuana that was subsequently found clearly wasn't mine?

Under the scenario you provided, BOTH you and your friend could be charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia....

I was charges with a list of charges from poss of weed, pharaphnailla corruptin of minors and i sat in jail for 4 n a half month

It is unlikely that you have viable grounds for any type of civil action against the Probation Dept. or the DA's Office, or the judge for that...

Charged with corruption of a minor and two indecent assaults misdemeanors. What is going to happen?

Your first mistake was talking to the cop and apparently giving a confession. You need to speak to an experienced criminal defense attorney in...

Should I get a lawyer to do my DUI expungement (I completed ARD and paid all fines) in PA? Or would I be wasting my money?

Filing for expungement is very easy for a criminal defense attorney, but very difficult for someone who is not law-trained. I have represented...