Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Criminal Charges

My fiance has been charged with: robbery, simple assult, terroistic threats, unlawful taking, harrasment, and reciveing stolen property on a mentally challeneged person. He was charged from Westmoreland County, PA from an event that happened in 2004. He moved to reno in 2006 and has since then went to rehab and cleaned up his act. A warrent was issued on April 4th, and we turned him in on the 6th willfully. Is he going to have to go to jail/prison? If so how long are we looking at? Is there any way we can prove that it was all drug related and would that make a difference? Can we do anything to maybe push for a drug court in Reno, NV so that he doesn't have to be exdredited back to PA and can saty in Reno? Any help or answers would help tremendously. I greatly appreciate the time.


Asked on 4/13/07, 2:13 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Daniel Cevallos Cevallos & Wong, LLP

Re: Criminal Charges

YOu will require a defense attorney for this matter. Please feel free to call our offices at 267.639.3105.

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Answered on 4/13/07, 7:41 am
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: Criminal Charges

It seems to me likely that he will be extradited back to Pennsylvania to face the charges in Westmoreland County. You will definitely need an attorney. You may want to challenge extradition by a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with a Nevada attorney but you will want to talk to a Nevada attorney or a public defender in Nevada to decide whether or not to do that. When he is returned to Westmoreland County he will need an attorney here to decide whether or not to defend or to enter a plea. That's generally when you will know exactly what the prosecutor is seeking in terms of prison time, if any. A lot depends on whether this was a first offense, the wishes of the victim, whether restitution has been or can be made, and a lot of other factors too numerous to list.

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Answered on 4/13/07, 2:33 pm


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