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How to help your teen or young adult from creating the wrong memories this summer

While the majority of these cases involve representation of adults, our law firm has also represented minors in the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The goal of the juvenile system is supervision, care, and rehabilitation to ensure that the community in general is kept safe from harm, the perpetrator takes responsibility for his or her actions, and finally, to teach skills to allow the youth to become a productive member of society.

6 Things Everyone Must Understand About Pre-Trial Discovery in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

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One of the first things that clients ask about is “my discovery” but most don’t understand what the discovery must contain and when they’re actually entitled to it! You hire a criminal defense lawyer not only to be your advocate in court but also to advise you about your rights under the law

3 Ways to Ruin Your Memorial Day Weekend and Summer

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During the summer, it is common for people to host parties and barbecues at their homes for friends and family. While these are often casual events, the law doesn’t distinguish between a formal affair held at your home and one where persons are sitting around a fire pit in your backyard wearing jeans, sandals or bathing suits. In Pennsylvania, social host liability applies to adults who serve alcohol to minors. Adults are responsible for the consequences of their own drinking but minors are the exception. New Jersey however doesn’t limit lawsuits to minors, but also allows adults to bring claims against social hosts if these individuals leave an event clearly intoxicated.

Spring Cleaning – What you need to know before you sell or transfer your handgun or firearm in Pennsylvania or New Jersey

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Spring is here many in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have decided to start home projects which include cleaning out attics, garages, and other storage containers in our homes. While you should always store a handgun or any firearm, in a secure location, there are some people who store it in their home like any other […]

What you need to know about police stops in New Jersey: What is probable cause to stop?

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In New Jersey, like Pennsylvania, the prosecution doesn’t need to prove an actual traffic violation to justify a traffic stop.

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Simple Assault vs. Aggravated Assault – Why local authorities didn’t need Chris Rock to press charges to take criminal action against Will Smith

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It appears that local authorities will not criminal charge Smith following the incident and it appears that Chris Rock doesn’t plan on filing a civil lawsuit against Smith for the incident

Witness Availability, Hearsay Evidence & Trial

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In most cases, these witnesses can provide crucial testimony to either the prosecution or the defense.

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They didn’t find my fingerprints on that gun, how can they still charge and convict me with that crime?

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Popular TV shows like NCIS, CSI, and even sometimes Law & Order are based on forensic investigation catching criminals who believed they committed the perfect crime. Many of these television dramas focus on DNA evidence such as fingerprints identification or dactyloscopy.

Spring is coming and pretextual vehicle traffic stops will increase…except in Philadelphia

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Despite, Philadelphia’s new law, the rest of Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s law enforcement aren’t forcing police to ignore these low level traffic offenses which often lead to more serious criminal charges.

Is your Act 235 certificate a substitute for a concealed carry permit in Pennsylvania? The most common questions about Act 235.

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Ignorance isn’t a legal defense and you should never assume that you understand the law when it comes to guns and firearms. A lethal weapon is defined as an firearm, device, instrument, material, or any other substance that is capable of bringing about great bodily harm or death.

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Pennsylvania: 215-755-9000
New Jersey: 856-793-7429