By Kenny, Burns & McGill | Published May 3, 2024 | Posted in Criminal Defense, Firm News | Tagged Tags: Criminal defense, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sentencing |
When handing down a sentence to a defendant, judges are often able to use what is called “judicial discretion.” This means that if there is no fixed rule for what sentence should be assigned to a specific charge, then the Court is allowed to use its own judgement in deciding the seriousness of the punishment. Read More
Read MoreThe team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to announce that one of our clients has been released from jail 60 days ahead of schedule, thanks to the talented work of Attorneys Eileen Burns and Thomas Kenny. Our client was involved in the accidental discharge of a firearm which led to the tragic death Read More
Read MoreThe team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is happy to announce that a $175,000 personal injury settlement has been secured for one of our clients who was badly injured at work. This client, who we’ll call Ms. Marsha Rosen, worked for a company in Philadelphia that rented space in a large office building. The office Read More
Read MoreAttention, everyone with a phone line! Some phone scammers in the area are pretending to be law enforcement officers, claiming that someone might have a warrant out for their arrest, and demanding that the person pay a fee or risk going to jail. These scammers are weaponizing law enforcement tactics against unsuspecting members of the Read More
Read MoreThe criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill are proud to announce that all of a client’s unsubstantiated RICO charges have been dropped! “RICO” refers to the RICO Act and stands for “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.” The RICO Act is a federal law that targets organized crime by making it illegal for people Read More
Read MoreRecently, a client called into our office with an interesting problem. She had been preparing to apply for a passport, but when she got a copy of her birth certificate she made a shocking discovery; the name she had been using her entire life was not the one listed on the document! The client’s other Read More
Read MoreThe criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to report that a client charged with a gun crime has been granted house arrest instead of potentially spending decades in prison. This client has suffered from severe mental health issues for the majority of his life, stemming from an abusive and neglectful childhood. Read More
Read MoreWith the help of the criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill, a client has successfully appealed his child abuse case to the DHS and had his record expunged. When this client received a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) informing him that a report indicating suspected child abuse had been Read More
Read MoreThe Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is thrilled to announce that a client accused of murder has been found not guilty by a jury of his peers. In late 2016, a man was tragically shot and killed in Philadelphia. The responding police officers recovered several pills, allegedly painkillers, from the victim’s body, Read More
Read MoreThe criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill was able to reduce a client’s potential bail by $925,000 at preliminary arraignment. Despite the defendant having never been in trouble with the law before, the attorneys for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania asked the judge to attach a bail of $999,999 . Luckily for the client, Read More
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