Month: March 2017
Theft offenses can bring surprisingly heavy penalties
Although the term “theft” can be broadly construed as an umbrella-type depiction embracing a number of unlawful acts, it generally conveys a situation where an individual has taken property from another person or company without consent and intends to personally profit from that taking. In some instances, a theft —...
What is PSU’s Office of Student Conduct?
One thing we certainly know from a deep well of personal experience and strong legal advocacy on behalf of students is that our representation often has both immediate and longer-term effects. Understandably, many students at PSU and other area colleges and universities are most intimately concerned with the “what’s next”...
Arrests: An annual byproduct of State Patty’s Day
The now relatively long-tenured period of mass revelry that marks the annual State Patty’s weekend (since 2007) for students, other local State College residents and an increasingly growing number of participants incoming from other parts of Pennsylvania and adjoining states was its usual eventful self this year. That is, people...
Centre County officials excited about drug court prospects
Various counties across Pennsylvania have so-called “drug courts” in place, which operate as criminal justice tools lauded by many for their creativity and fresh approach toward reducing recidivism, cutting costs and helping to reintegrate offenders into their local communities. Centre County is not one of them. At least not yet....
Asset forfeiture and the rights of the state to take your property
As more lawmakers and activists talk about reforms to the criminal justice system, one of the topics that always comes up is asset forfeiture. This little understood concept is one of the most powerful tools that the federal government and Pennsylvania have at their disposal; it is also a power...