A first-time maximum punishment for felony burglary in Pennsylvania is up to 10 or 20 years imprisonment and $25,000 in fines under 18 Pa.C.S. § 1103, depending upon the grading of your offense. However, if prosecutors can prove that you intended to commit a first- or second-degree felony after entry, you could receive multiple convictions […]

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has rule In the Interest of D.Y., 2010 Pa. Super. 222 (Dec. 3, 2010) that fingerprint testimony based on hearsay evidence was inadmissible. In D.Y., the only evidence linking the defendant to a burglary and related charges was testimony of a fingerprint card taken at some point before the crime, which […]