Juvenile Court is not like adult court. Kids don’t have jury trials. They don’t get sentenced to jail. Quite frankly, the juvenile system is warmer and fuzzier than adult court. Nowhere is this more evident that in the case of the “consent decree”.
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Sometimes a criminal defendant needs a lawyer that knows the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code as well as criminal law. No time is this more clear and relevant than when a person has been charged with a drug possession offense. While a Montgomery County drug lawyer needs to be able to exploit all the possible […]
The Pennsylvania DUI Statute is located at 75 Pa.C.S.A. Sec 3802. The Law is uniform in that it sets forth that an individual may not operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol level greater than .08%, under the influence of drugs, or with any illegal drugs in the system. The “grading” section that a court […]
Parents that receive a Juvenile Petition from the Court alleging that their son or daughter has done something wrong will also receive a notice for what is called a “plea hearing”. As a Montgomery County juvenile lawyer , when I explain to parents what a “plea hearing” is, I first explain to them how the […]