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Superior Court makes mandatory minimums unconstitutional

In a recent case, of  Commonwealth v. Blackney, — A.3d —-, 2016 WL 7322797, 2016 PA Super 287 (Dec. 16, 2016), The Superior Court reasoned that the mandatory minimum provisions requiring a mandatory minimum sentence for a second or subsequent offense of failing to register as a sex offender, is unconstitutional. The court concluded that applicable section […]

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New Driving Under the Influence (DUI) law in effect.

The end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 has brought very drastic changes to the DUI laws. As result of Senate Bill 1239, DUI suspects who have been arrested but not convicted or found guilty by any court will be deemed repeat offenders by these new provisions, if they are subsequently arrested for a DUI […]

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One billion not enough?

As our firm previously indicated,  a One Billion Dollar ($1,000,000,000.00) Divorce Settlement was offered by oil tycoon Harold Hamm to his soon to be ex-wife  Sue Ann Hamm. Even though, both parties have appealed the divorce settlement, Mr. Hamm nonetheless forwarded a check for just under Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($925,000,000.00) to Mrs. Hamm. Mrs. Hamm […]

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