Racial profiling is an issue which a criminal defense attorney may sometimes need to address if he or she is representing a member of a minority group such as African American, Hispanic, Asian, or a Native American person.
In most situations if a person has an existing bench warrant, they will be arrested during a routine traffic stop or perhaps going through a security check point at an airport, train station, or bus depot.
To assert a right against an illegal search and seizure, however, a person must have reasonable expectation of privacy in the property searched.
Here are some common questions and phrases police officers ask to investigate and collect information which could lead to a vehicle search or a search warrant:
There is a difference, however, between searches done by a government official, such as a police officer or other law enforcement and private searches. All persons have a 4th Amendment right against illegal search and seizure and both Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s constitution provide further protections.
Summer is here and there is nothing that can ruin it like getting arrested! While most of my readers won’t run into any trouble this summer season, they may have a friend or a family member who doesn’t read my blog, my books, or watch my videos. As I’ve written on my blog and in […]
Our criminal defense law firm represents person charged with illegal drug and narcotic crimes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Most of our illegal drug and narcotic cases come to us following vehicle or car stops on a street, road or highway. Remember that police and other law enforcement need probable cause to search your car […]
I’ve always told my friends and family that a drug charge can happen to anyone because we’ve all been around people who may not really know well
Our criminal defense lawyers represents accused persons charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute, deliver or manufacture in Pennsylvania (PWID) and New Jersey. These charges range from something as low a summary offense (petty disorderly- New Jersey) to as high as felony offense (Crime of the First Degree in New Jersey—indictable offenses). If […]
Like Pennsylvania, New Jersey doesn’t treat all narcotics the same way. Controlled substances are classified according to five schedules
