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  • 2023
    • May
      • The Importance of Jury Selection in Homicide Trials
    • January
      • SUPPRESSING DRUG EVIDENCE IN PHILADELPHIA CRIMINAL CASES
  • 2022
    • August
      • Drug Charges in Philadelphia PA State Court – Possession of a Controlled Substance
    • June
      • Pennsylvania Second Degree Murder (AKA: Felony Murder) Law
    • May
      • Philadelphia Murder Cases – Police Investigation Tactics
    • April
      • Murder Charges in Pennsylvania – Murder Law in Pennsylvania
      • Constitutional Rights in Criminal Cases
    • January
      • Sentencing for 1st Degree Murder in PA
  • 2021
    • November
      • Driving Equality Bill Passed in Philadelphia, Limiting Traffic Stops for Blacks and Latinos (Nov. 2021)
    • October
      • Pennsylvania Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) Petition – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (IAC) During Plea Bargaining
    • September
      • Philadelphia Criminal Trials – Evidence Pointing to Another Perpetrator in Drug Possession or Drug Manufacture Cases
    • August
      • Philadelphia Murder & Gun Possession Cases Increasing in 2021 – A Look at Common Charges & Defenses
    • July
      • Pennsylvania Murder Charges, Deceased Person’s Statements Used to Prove Guilt
    • March
      • Top Rated Philadelphia Criminal Lawyer Discusses PA Drug Charges & Federal Drug Charges
  • 2020
    • October
      • Pennsylvania (State) Drug Charges, Dog Sniffs & Constitutional Law
      • Dog Sniff Searches of Cars in Pennsylvania Traffic Stops (Federal Law)
    • September
      • Federal Drug Dealing Crime Sentencing Law – Mandatory Minimum Sentences Reduced in Phila. Cases
      • Federal Sentences for Drug Dealing Convictions in Philadelphia
      • Pennsylvania Gun Charges in Federal Court – Mandatory Prison Sentences
    • August
      • The Stop & Frisk Doctrine – Can a Philadelphia Police Officer Stop You and Pat You Down?
      • Criminal Charges for Selling Marijuana in Pennsylvania – Mandatory Minimum Sentences
      • PA Drug Offense Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Gun Possession
    • July
      • Philadelphia Gun & Violent Crime Cases on the Rise
    • June
      • VUFA (Violation of Uniform Firearms Act) Law & Criminal Gun Possession Cases
    • May
      • My Son Was Arrested in Philadelphia, Pa for Drugs and Guns After He Was Chased by Police for No Reason. He Didn’t Do Anything Wr
      • Pennsylvania Criminal Law – Running or Walking Away From Police
    • February
      • Pennsylvania Criminal Law: Passenger’s Legal Rights During Traffic Stops in Philadelphia
  • 2019
    • October
      • Major Changes in Pennsylvania Search-Seizure Law, Drug/Gun Cases
      • Drug Charges in Philadelphia PA State Court – What is “Possession”
    • September
      • Drug Charges in Delaware & Chester Counties – Search & Seizure Law
    • May
      • Drug Charges in Philadelphia – Motions to Suppress Evidence
      • Traffic Stops – When Can Police Stop a Car in Philadelphia?
    • March
      • Facing Murder Charges in Philadelphia? Initial Steps to the Best Defense
    • January
      • Top Rated Philadelphia Criminal Lawyer Discusses Pa Drug Charges & Federal Drug Charges-Part II
  • 2018
    • November
      • Invoking the Right to Remain Silent in a Pennsylvania Murder Case
      • Search & Seizure of Drugs or Guns in Pennsylvania Criminal Cases – Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement
    • October
      • Common Philadelphia Criminal Cases: Murder Charges and Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act Charges
    • September
      • Car Searches in Philadelphia Drug/Gun Cases – Legal Rights of the Accused
    • June
      • Arrested for a Drug Crime in Philadelphia? Different Types of Bail
      • Pennsylvania’s Mandatory Sentence Law in Drug-Gun Crime Cases, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712.1
      • I Was Arrested for Drug Possession in Philadelphia. What Are My Chances of Going to Jail?
      • Who Is the Best Criminal Lawyer for Your Philadelphia Criminal Case?
      • PCRA Petitions in Philadelphia Criminal Cases
      • Criminal Appeals in Pennsylvania & Proper Investigation
      • Arrested for Drug Possession in Philadelphia – Statements (Part B)
      • Philadelphia Criminal Post-trial & Appellate Procedures – What to Know if You Lost at Trial (Part 2)
    • May
      • Attacking Eyewitness Credibility in Philadelphia Murder Trials
    • February
      • Top Rated Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Wins a Philadelphia Homicide Case – Facts of Commonwealth v. Tariq Timmons
      • Philadelphia Murder Case – Judgment of Acquittal Granted, Case Dismissed
    • January
      • Pennsylvania Search & Seizure Law in Criminal Drug & Gun Cases in Philadelphia – Collective Knowledge Doctrine
  • 2017
    • August
      • Stop and Frisk in Philadelphia Criminal Drug Cases
    • March
      • Philadelphia Criminal Lawyer Helps Man Wrongly Accused of Murder
      • Reasonable Suspicion vs. Probable Cause in Drug Possession and Related Drug Cases (Part Ii)
    • February
      • Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Discusses Motion to Suppress in Drug Cases
  • 2016
    • August
      • Defenses to Philadelphia Drug Charges
      • PA Criminal Appeals and PCRA Lawyer Discusses Common Grounds of Appeal in PCRA Petitions
    • July
      • Philadelphia, PA Drug Charges: What is Drug Delivery Resulting in Death?
    • June
      • What You Need to Know About Preliminary Hearings in Philadelphia Criminal Cases
    • May
      • Murder Trials & Self Defense
    • February
      • Police Corruption in Pennsylvania & New Jersey
      • Charges for Pennsylvania Teens, Drug Dealing Causing Death in East Stroudsburg
    • January
      • Heroin Possession and Drug Dealing Charges in Scranton, PA
      • Criminal Murder Trials in Scranton
      • PA Criminal Appeals Law – The Basics of Pennsylvania’s Post Conviction Relief Act Part 1
  • 2015
    • December
      • Federal Drug Charge News – Recent Drug Trafficking Cases in Scranton, by a Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer
      • Expungements in Pennsylvania
    • November
      • Pennsylvania Murder Charges – When Juveniles Are Charged as Adults
      • Philadelphia Criminal Murder Cases – The Alibi Defense
      • PCRA Petitions – New Trial Based on New Alibi Witness
      • Scranton, Lackawanna Pa Murder Case News – Teens Charged After Officer Falls Over Wall, Dies
    • October
      • Custodial Interrogation – The Right to Counsel in Philadelphia Criminal Cases
    • August
      • Philadelphia Criminal Cases – Factors for Reducing Bail
      • My Son Was Convicted of Murder in Philadelphia After a Jury Trial and Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison. Do We Have Time to Appeal
    • July
      • Constitutional Rights in Philadelphia Criminal Drug & Gun Cases – The 5th Amendment (Part 1)
    • June
      • Philadelphia Criminal Law in Drug Cases – PA Supreme Court Strikes Drug Sentencing Law
      • Constitutional Rights in Philadelphia Criminal Drug & Gun Cases – The 4th Amendment
      • Phila. Criminal Lawyer David S. Nenner Gets Acquittal in Philly Attempted Murder Case
    • April
      • David S. Nenner Wins Motion to Suppress in a Philadelphia Drug Case – Prosecution Withdrawn
    • March
      • Police Corruption in Philadelphia – The Extent of the Problem
    • February
      • Philadelphia Criminal Post-trial & Appellate Procedures – What to Know if You Lost at Trial (Part 1)
      • Criminal Drug Cases in Philadelphia – Suppression Issues & Post-Arrest Silence
    • January
      • Federal Criminal Drug Cases in Philadelphia: Defining “Knowingly or Intentionally”
  • 2014
    • December
      • Pennsylvania Superior Court Strikes the Drug-Free School Zone Sentencing Law
      • Corruption in Philadelphia’s Police Department & Filing Criminal Appeals/PCRA Petitions in PA
      • Sentences for First Degree Murder Convictions in Pennsylvania
    • November
      • Pennsylvania PCRA Petition and Request for an Evidentiary Hearing (Part 2)
      • Pennsylvania PCRA Petition and Request for an Evidentiary Hearing (Part 1)
      • Auto Stop Yielding Large Amounts of Cocaine, Suppression Granted by Philadelphia Trial Judge
    • October
      • How is “Possession” Defined in Philadelphia Federal Criminal Drug Cases?
      • Federal Drug Charges in Philadelphia – Possession of a Controlled Substance
      • The Problem of Police Corruption in Criminal Cases in Pennsylvania
      • Lost a Criminal Trial in Philadelphia? What to Know About Pennsylvania’s Post-trial (Criminal) Procedures
    • September
      • How Police Corruption Affects Your Philadelphia Criminal Case
    • August
      • Reducing a Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentence in a Pennsylvania Drug Case
      • Sentencing Entrapment Defenses in Pennsylvania Criminal Drug Cases
      • Pennsylvania’s Mandatory Sentence Law in Drug-Free School Zone Criminal Cases, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6317
    • July
      • PA PCRA Petition – Can You Appeal an Attempted Murder Conviction Due to a Lawyer’s Inexperience?
      • PA Post Conviction Relief Act Petition – How to Prove Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims
      • False Confessions in Philadelphia Criminal Cases
    • June
      • Pennsylvania PCRA Law: What Is the Time Deadline to File a PCRA Petition?
      • Brady Violations & Newly Discovered Evidence – Exceptions to Pennsylvania’s 1 Year PCRA Petition Law
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Criminal Drug-Gun Cases in Philadelphia, Pa
    • May
      • The Camden NJ Police Corruption Scandal in Criminal Drug/Gun Cases
      • Pennsylvania Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) Petition – Newly Discovered Evidence
      • Pennsylvania Court Discusses the Newly Discovered Evidence Exception Under the PA PCRA
    • April
      • Philadelphia Criminal Drug Law, Suppression of Drugs & Guns Found in a Car (Part 2)
      • PA Criminal Appeals & PCRA – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
      • Vehicle Stop & Seizure in Criminal Drugs/Guns Cases in Pennsylvania
      • Legal Analysis of Pennsylvania’s Post-Conviction Relief Act, Section 9543
      • PA Supreme Court Makes Sweeping Changes to Search-Seizure Law in PA Drug-Gun Cases
      • Philadelphia Criminal Drug Arrest News
    • March
      • PA Criminal Appeals Law, Filing a Direct Appeal After a Trial
      • Arrested for Drugs in Pennsylvania? PA’s Mandatory Minimum Sentences
      • Philadelphia PA Drug Cases Thrown Out Due to Corruption in Philadelphia’s Police Department
      • Philadelphia Criminal Drug Charges, Suppressing Drug Evidence & Incriminating Statements
    • February
      • Arrested for Drug Possession in Philadelphia – Drug Evidence
      • Arrested for Drug Possession in Philadelphia – Statements
      • PA Criminal Appeals Law – The Basics of Pennsylvania’s Post Conviction Relief Act Part 2
      • David S. Nenner Criminal Case Result & Analysis: Acquittal in an Attempted Murder Case in Philadelphia
    • January
      • David S. Nenner Secures Acquittals in Two Attempted Murder Cases in Philadelphia
      • Drug Charges in Philadelphia PA State Court – PWID
  • 2013
    • December
      • Silence Is Golden
    • October
      • Drug-Gun Cases in Philadelphia, Sentencing Laws Have Changed Significantly
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