Fight Your Disorderly Conduct Charge in
Pennsylvania!
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The charge of disorderly conduct can cover a wide
variety of circumstances that the police may choose to regard as
criminal behavior. Under Pennsylvania criminal law, disorderly
conduct is defined in the statute as intent to cause public
inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk
thereof.
Examples of behavior that might result in a disorderly conduct
charge include fighting, unreasonable noise, obscene language or
gestures, or any offensive or hazardous act that "serves no
legitimate purpose".
Disorderly Conduct Penalties
A charge of disorderly conduct may be designated as either a
misdemeanor in the third degree (Misdemeanor 3) or
a summary offense, depending on the severity of the
circumstances and the judgment of the district attorney. A
misdemeanor 3 carries with it a maximum of 1 year in jail, while a
summary offense has a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail.
Pennsylvania Disorderly Conduct Defense
Strategies
Since a disorderly conduct charge covers such a range of alleged
behaviors, it's an easy charge for the police to arrest on if they
wish to arrest you for some reason. Unless the arrest has some
legitimate basis and substantial evidence to back it up, I will
immediately ask for a dismissal.
If you are charged with a misdemeanor level offense, I'll also
frequently argue for a reduction in charges to a summary offense, to
reduce the seriousness of the charge and potential penalties if
found guilty.
Please call me for a free criminal
defense consultation on disorderly conduct or any criminal charge Pennsylvania. Call us now at (866)382-8646
.
We represent clients in criminal cases
across Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Lebanon, Carlisle and Lancaster, and in Bucks, Montgomery, Northampton, and Lehigh Counties. Call today, no
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