PKN Law in the News
- High Times
- October 1, 2014
Penn Medical Marijuana Bill Is Lame
When the Pennsylvania Senate approved a proposal last week aimed at legalizing medical marijuana, supporters were hoping for something more substantial than a green light on a restricted bill. Supporters argue that while patients across the state who suffer from conditions like cancer, epilepsy and PTSD will have access to medicine, many others will receive no benefit.
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- September 4, 2014
How smoking pot in Denver could lead to your arrest in Pa.
After Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell was found possessing marijuana, Attorney Nightingale sits down to discuss possible charges.
- Trib Live
- August 26, 2014
Medical pot advocates speak up at meeting with Sen. Folmer in Export
Without medical marijuana to ease her chronic seizures, 4-year-old Sydney Michaels will never be able to go to school, said her mother, Julie Michaels.
- Trib Live
- July 24, 2014
DA must approve some arrests based on eyewitness identification
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. sent a letter to city officials this week that says Pittsburgh police must get approval from his office to issue a felony arrest warrant that relies on an eyewitness who doesn't know the suspect.
- Trib Live
- June 10, 2014
Marijuana gains ground in Pennsylvania Senate
In a round, silver tin presented to a panel of state lawmakers, nine ounces of pungent, federally approved marijuana offered cannabis activist Patrick Nightingale a reminder of how far he'd come, and how far he has to go.
- Trib Live
- March 20, 2014
Natrona fire hall pot suspect held for trial
A Harrison man was ordered Wednesday to stand trial for allegedly having an elaborate marijuana growing operation in the former Natrona fire hall.
- ABA Journal
- March 10, 2014
Hire me, ‘I think like a criminal,’ Pittsburgh lawyer says in YouTube video
Need a criminal defense lawyer? Then you should hire a lawyer who thinks like a criminal, according to a YouTube video by Pittsburgh attorney Daniel Muessig.
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- February 1, 2014
Wrongfully jailed Lincoln-Lemington man plans suit
DeAndre Brown was inside his Chevy Trailblazer at Kelly and North Lang streets in the city's Homewood section just before 11 a.m. Sept. 16. The young man, who worked security for the Carnegie Library branch there, looked on in disbelief when at least five police officers swarmed his vehicle, pulled him from the SUV and handcuffed him.
- Penn Live
- January 23, 2014
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association backs legalizing medical marijuana
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association has come out in favor of a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. The association also wants the federal government to lower the drug from schedule I to schedule II.
- Trib Live
- November 2, 2013
Wrongly jailed Lincoln-Larimer man praises mother
An ankle monitoring device made DeAndre Brown a prisoner in his Lincoln-Larimer home on Saturday, one day after prosecutors dropped a robbery charge that had been based on a wrong identification and kept him in jail for a month.
- Trib Live
- May 4, 2013
Police: Uniontown man asked code officer to keep mum about pot
A former Uniontown resident asked a city code enforcement officer not to report an alleged “marijuana grow” operation discovered during an inspection of his home, the officer testified on Friday.
- CBS News
- December 6, 2012
Discussing The Legalization Of Marijuana
KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek speaks with the Executive Director of Pittsburgh NORML Patrick Nightingale about the legalization of marijuana.
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- January 17, 2012
G20 protester resentenced
A man who was convicted of causing more than $15,000 worth of damage during G20 protests in 2009 will restart his five years' probation after pleading guilty to summary charges of obstructing roadways and disorderly conduct stemming from another protest last year.
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- August 26, 2011
Protest against violence on gays leads to 5 arrests in Bloomfield
Police arrested five people who they said blocked roadways and became disorderly during a rally Wednesday night in Bloomfield. One of those arrested was on probation after previously serving time for $15,000 in damage he caused in Oakland during the G-20 protests in 2009.
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- November 24, 2010
G-20 protester gets jail time for vandalism
A G-20 protester convicted of breaking $15,000 worth of windows in Oakland was sentenced Tuesday to six to 18 months incarceration. David Japenga, 21, of Lawrenceville, told Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski that he's had a lot of time to reflect on his actions, and recognizes now that they were inappropriate.
