May 2020

  • How Does a DUI Conviction Affect a CDL License in Pennsylvania? If you have a Pennsylvania Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), you drive a Tractor Trailer, Construction Equipment, Bus, or other Large Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV).  Therefore, your CDL license creates your ability to have a career and earn a living.  You also spent significant time

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  • How do Criminal Convictions Impact CPA licenses in Pennsylvania? Obtaining a CPA license is an extremely challenging and arduous task; it is quite the achievement.  Not only is majoring in Accounting difficult, the CPA exam is a monster and often takes numerous sittings to pass.  After putting in all the time and sacrifice to obtaining

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  • What is a Summary Offense in Pennsylvania? In Pennsylvania, a Summary Offense is the least serious classification of crime.  Penalties for summary offenses are not as serious as those for felonies and misdemeanors; however, you must not take summary charges lightly.  A summary conviction can still impact certain areas of your life.  So: What is a

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  • What is Juvenile Delinquency in Pennsylvania? For parents to receive a phone call that their son or daughter is under arrest, is terrifying.  In Pennsylvania, laws, and procedures relating to the arrest and prosecution of juveniles are found in statute 42 Pa.C.S. Chapter 63.  When someone under the age of 18 gets arrested, he/she faces

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  • What Defenses Against Criminal Charges are there in Pennsylvania? In Pennsylvania, if charged with a crime, you have a multitude of defenses you may raise before or at trial to gain a not guilty verdict.  Defenses may be Self-Defense, Insanity, or Police Misconduct.  So: What Defenses Against Criminal Charges are there in Pennsylvania? Categories of

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  • What is Murder in Pennsylvania? In Pennsylvania, Murder, also referred to as Homicide, includes multiple types of crimes resulting in the death of another.  Any form of Murder or Homicide is the most severe crime in Pennsylvania and carries the highest level of punishment, Life in Prison, or the Death Penalty.  So: What is Murder in

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  • What is Kidnapping in Pennsylvania? Kidnapping is one of the most severe crimes in Pennsylvania.  Depending on where you remove the person to, it may even become a Federally Prosecuted Crime.  Pennsylvania’s Kidnapping law is 18 Pa.C.S. 2901.  Chapter 29 of the Pennsylvania Criminal Code contains a list of crimes associated with or like Kidnapping.  So:

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  • What is Theft in Pennsylvania? Theft also referred to as larceny, has an all-encompassing definition in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania law provides a general explanation of Theft but then proceeds to differentiate the act of Theft into a long list of specific theft offenses. Theft is the unlawful taking of another’s property.  Pennsylvania’s breakdown of the general crime

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  • What is Robbery in Pennsylvania? While Robbery and Theft both involve the taking of another’s property, one fact distinguishes them, FORCE. In a Robbery, you not only take someone else’s property, you do so by use of force or seriously injure them. The consequences of a Robbery conviction in Pennsylvania will typically include jail time.  Robbery

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  • What is Arson in Pennsylvania? Arson is an extremely serious and deadly crime in Pennsylvania carrying severe punishment if convicted.  The definition of Arson is in Pennsylvania Statute 18 Pa.C.S. §3301. So: What is Arson in Pennsylvania? An Arson conviction carries harsh penalties usually involving a prison sentence, especially if you set a fire that endangers

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