Earlier this year, Pennsylvania joined a growing list of states that have made strangulation (or non-fatal choking) a felony offense with stiff penalties. The effort to define this brutal act as a felony was led by several anti-domestic violence groups that believe the law can…
Sadly, many people in the Philadelphia area and throughout the country are subjected to illegal vehicle searches by police. These often arise from shady law enforcement tactics. For example, an officer may try to convince you that you are required to submit to a vehicle…
Not long ago, Philadelphia’s Fienman Defense was called upon to help a man when someone else’s alleged actions left him in a very precarious legal position. Apparently, a man was pulled over for a moving violation, but when questioned, he provided the authorities with another…
In Upper Dublin Township, police recently approached a teacher, whose car was improperly parked. Allegedly, the teacher was not very cooperative and refused to move the vehicle. The teacher instead consented to have an officer move the vehicle to an area where parking is permitted….
Not long ago, on a rainy night in rural Chester County, a young man was in the parking lot of a movie theater when police approached his vehicle. Apparently, the officers discovered that the driver was “hot-boxing” his car, which involves smoking marijuana with all…
