Violent Crimes

In Pennsylvania, Violent Crimes such as simple assault are treated seriously. Violent Crimes statutes such as simple assault exist for the purpose of keeping you safe from being attacked. While some laws protect your property, simple assault statutes protect...

There are specific circumstances in which you are legally allowed to use deadly force. In Pennsylvania, you are granted the right to use deadly force if you believe that it is necessary to protect yourself against death, serious bodily injury, kidnapping, or sexual...

Last week, we discussed some of the laws that pertain to first-degree murder charges in Pennsylvania. Murder isn't the only violent crime charge that a person might face here. Manslaughter, assault, battery, rape and similar charges are also possible. In each of these...

Intimidation of a witness or victim is one of the more serious violent crimes that a criminal defendant can be charged with. Intimidation of a Witness can be found in Title 18 and section 4952 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. Assault Crimes  As one of the...

Murder is one of the most serious types of Violent Crimes. A conviction for this crime carries typically carries a sentence of life in prison. And a criminal defendant can be convicted for certain types of violent crimes such as murder even if he did not...

The 1989 murders of two Philadelphia women were "cold cases" until 2013, when Philadelphia police say they matched DNA from a federal database to a New Jersey man. Prosecutors contend that the man, now 54, left his DNA on the sneaker of one of the victims, a...

Robbery is one of the most serious violent crimes that you can be charged with in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Depend among the facts of the case, the violent crime of robbery can be graded as a felony of the first degree, a felony of the second degree and/or a...

One particular type of Violent crimes that an individual can be charged with in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the charge of Possessing an Offensive Weapon. Under this statute an Offensive weapon is defined as a firearm as well as a litany of other types of...

One of the more serious violent crimes that an individual can be charged with is the crime of Possessing or transferring a firearm by a convicted felon. This crime can be found under Title 18 section 6105 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. The statute specifically...

One fairly serious Violent crime which you can be charged with in the state of Pennsylvania is the charge of Possessing an Instrument of Crime. You can be charged with this crime if the government believes that you possessed an instrument of crime with the intent to...