by Sabrina Puglisi | Feb 20, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Believe it or not, criminals have different names depending on how they participated in a crime. The legal term for this is criminal actors, and different criminal actors may also experience different levels of culpability in a criminal case. There are many different...
by Sabrina Puglisi | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized |
The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by jury in criminal cases. Juries, then, are selected in a process known as “voir dire,” in which a group of both judges and attorneys determine a prospective juror’s competence and suitability...
by Sabrina Puglisi | Dec 20, 2020 | Uncategorized |
You’re likely familiar with that old adage about the truth setting you free. When you’ve been charged with a criminal offense, however, there can be obstacles to getting the truth out at trial. One of them is ‘hearsay’. In this blog, we’ll explain the legal concept of...
by Sabrina Puglisi | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized |
Wire fraud is a white-collar crime that occurs when someone uses interstate electronic communications to make false promises or representations with the intent to defraud another party. In this case, electronic communications consists of those made over the Internet,...
by Sabrina Puglisi | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorized |
There will be nothing more difficult than either being found guilty at trial or pleading guilty and having to go to jail. Even if you do accept responsibility for your crime, it is fair to say that no one wants to ever have to serve even one day in jail. But what...
by Sabrina Puglisi | Sep 20, 2020 | Uncategorized |
Under the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution, all criminal defendants have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of their peers. But just because you have the right to a trial doesn’t necessarily mean that you should use that right or that you...
