GPS Car Tracking and Search Warrants

Where are you? Who is tracking you, your car, your phone? Who did you give permission to track you? OnStar, BMW, Apple?  Can the government place a tracking device on your car without your permission and without a judicially approved search warrant?  That answer is now NO. In a landmark decision, in UNITED STATES v.…

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Criminal Episode versus Criminal Enterprise

When is selling drugs not just an individual criminal act but part of a criminal enterprise?  The answer is important for those charged with this crime as it make these cases much more complicated to resolve.  Superior Court of Pennsylvania started off the new year with a bang, handing down the decision in Commonwealth vs.…

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