The Use of Police Scanners Is Legal in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania
There are no regulations pertaining to the use of police scanners in either Pennsylvania or in Pittsburgh, so they’re effectively legal. In the past, people who wanted to listen to police and emergency service radio transmissions needed to purchase and…
Moratorium on the Death Penalty in Pennsylvania
The debate over the death penalty in Pennsylvania continues to grow after the House’s divided vote on a resolution coming out against Governor Tom Wolf’s moratorium on the death penalty in the state. While the House ultimately voted to issue…
Traffic Ticket and Municipal Fine Payment Plans: The Real Cost of Your Traffic Ticket
We’ve all done something that could get us a municipal ticket at some point in our lives. Whether you were ticketed or not, you probably have sped or at least jaywalked at one time. We have been there too. These…
Forensics in Criminal Justice Flawed
A massive review by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Innocence Project has revealed that nearly every examiner in an FBI hair forensic unit gave flawed testimony in hundreds of cases leading to convictions. The results have…
How Is Police Video Footage Handled and Archived?
As you may have noticed, at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC, we think that police body cameras and the footage that they collect are one of the most important legal issues facing our country at this moment….
Field Sobriety Tests
Few things are more dangerous than drinking and driving. Drunk drivers are seven times more likely to get into an accident with a fatality and over 10 times more likely to crash in general. While this is a good reason…
Arrested for Resisting Arrest
Resisting arrest is a criminal offense that is sometimes called obstruction. It describes a number of things that interfere with a police officer attempting to make a lawful arrest. Resisting arrest may involve fleeing from a police officer while being…
Who Controls Police Camera Footage?
Police accountability has been a buzzword of late due to the public outcry over police involvement in the deaths of deaths of Michael Brown and other unarmed men. While we all want more police accountability for the benefit of everyone,…
Out-of-State DUI Issues
If you have ever gotten a speeding ticket in another state, you have an idea of how inconvenient it can be to deal with or fight charges outside of your home state. This is exponentially worse, though, if you are…
How Is Video Evidence Used in Criminal Cases?
There are many types of evidence that can be used to build a criminal case, but one of the most compelling types of evidence is video. When we can see something with our own eyes, it is usually very convincing….
