Restoring Hope
Attorney Dan Nevins won a complete jury acquittal this week in an Aggravated Assault trial in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas. Our client was found not guilty of all 17 counts. The Commonwealth alleged that our client participated in a stabbing at a West...
Pennsylvania has strict rules governing the relocation of a child. A parent or guardian cannot relocate with a child unless all parties with custodial rights have agreed to the move or the court has approved the relocation. Relocation is defined as a change in...
The Pennsylvania Legislature recently closed a loophole in the DUI statute which will result in harsher sentences for repeat DUI offenders. The loophole was created by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in Commonwealth v. Haag in 2009. The Court in Haag said...
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Second time DUI offenders are often facing a mandatory 90 day jail sentence. In Berks County the Second Time Offender Program (STOP) allows defendants to reduce their mandatory jail sentences by serving a portion of their sentence on electronic monitoring or in a...
A recent client was facing a mandatory 72 hour sentence in prison for a first-offense DUI in Berks County. Our DUI attorneys advised the client that he could complete an intensive treatment program and receive credit towards the jail sentence. Our client participated...
