Presidential Pardon – Marijuana Cases
Some federally-charged marijuana convictions have received clemency under President Joe Biden’s pardon, announced on Oct. 6, 2022. The Presidential Pardon applies to more than 6,500 federal convictions on simple marijuana [...]
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Longtime Legal Pro Joins Firm
Abom & Kutulakis welcomes Attorney Todd R. Williams, Jr., to the firm. “T.R.” brings close to 30 years’ experience in defending, prosecuting and adjudicating criminal and civil cases in the [...]
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Craig E. Kauzlarich is CJA Panel pick
Senior Associate Attorney Craig E. Kauzlarich has been reappointed to the United States Criminal Justice Act Panel through which he represents federal criminal defendants before the U.S. District Court for [...]
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Medical Marijuana While on Probation
A county in Pennsylvania overstepped when it enacted a policy that punished those on probation who used lawful Medical Marijuana. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the Middle District ruled [...]
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Clean Slate – New Law Seals Some Records
On June 28, 2018, after strong bi-partisan support in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives and Senate, state Gov. Tom Wolf signed the Clean Slate Bill into law. Gov. Wolf [...]
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Cell Tower Records Require a Warrant
Referring to cellphone data as an “exhaustive chronicle of location information casually collected by wireless carriers,” the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that a defendant’s cell-site location [...]
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