Author Archives: Kevin Hand
Do You Want To Know If Your Medical Practitioner Is On Probation?
Would you want your medical practitioner to tell you if he or she is on probation? Would it cause you to question an expert’s opinion if they were to tell you they were? This week, the California State Senate rejected a bill that would have required licensed a medical practitioner to inform their patients… Read More »
Defending A Drug Possession Charge In Pennsylvania
While drug possession is one of the most common and minor drug offenses in Pennsylvania, the penalties can still be severe. Depending on the type of drug and the amount, you could face costly fines and significant jail time. Proving drug possession Under Pennsylvania law, a conviction for drug possession requires proof, beyond a… Read More »
New Jersey Supreme Court: Right to a Jury Trial
The Supreme Court of New Jersey in the case of State v. Denelsbeck, found that an individual charged with a third or subsequent DWI offense, in violation of NJSA 39:4-50, is not entitled to a jury trial, and defendant’s conviction via a bench trial did not violate his Sixth Amendment right to a jury… Read More »
Can I Attend A Support Conference Without An Attorney?
It is not recommended. If you and your spouse are W-2 wage earners, the process by which a child support obligation and spousal support obligation is calculated is based on a formula. The Pennsylvania Support Guidelines, calculation of support obligations, formula can be located in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1910.16-4. The formula… Read More »
Can I Attend a Support Conference Without an Attorney?
It is not recommended. If you and your spouse are W-2 wage earners, the process by which a child support obligation and spousal support obligation is calculated is based on a formula. The Pennsylvania Support Guidelines, calculation of support obligations, formula can be located in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1910.16-4. The formula… Read More »
How do I File my Taxes Now That I am Separated or Getting Divorced?
How do I file my taxes now that I am separated or getting divorced? If you separated from your spouse in 2014, you and your spouse should discuss how you are going to file your Federal and State Tax Returns in 2014. Waiting until April 14th, may be too late to sort out the… Read More »
New Jersey Appellate Division – opinion on alcohol influence report (AIR) issuance.
On February 27, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division delivered a published opinion on the issue of the requirements that a defendant be supplied a copy of the alcohol influence report (AIR). The defendant was charged with violating N.J.S.A. 39:450, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. The Supreme Court of New Jersey has previously… Read More »
New Jersey Supreme Court rendered an opinion – regarding blood alcohol content and blood extraction.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has recently rendered an opinion on May 4, 2015, in the case of State v. Adkins. The New Jersey Supreme Court decided the application of the United States Supreme Court case ofMissouri v. McNeely, 133 S.Ct. 1552, 185 L.Ed 2d 696 (2013), to a case involving the extraction of blood for purposes of determining… Read More »
Court Documents Detail Case Being Built Against Former Prosecutor Joe Bocchini
Kevin L. Hand, P.C. is makes headlines again. Check out the entire article below. http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150623/court-documents-detail-case-being-built-against-former-prosecutor-joe-bocchini
A Bucks County Common Pleas judge denied motions for acquittal filed by two of the men convicted in the 2011 murder of Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro.
Breon Powell, 22, and Kazair Gist, 20, who both filed the motions for post-sentencing acquittals, were convicted in October of killing DeGennaro. They claimed that the weight and sufficiency of the evidence against them was contradictory to the jury’s verdict. They asked that Judge Rea Boylan set aside the verdict. Neither Matt Weintraub, the district… Read More »