Case Results
State College criminal defense lawyer Jason S. Dunkle has represented hundreds of clients charged with criminal offenses in various counties in Pennsylvania. Every case must be reviewed thoroughly to discover what defense arguments can be asserted and what defense strategy should be used. Attorney Dunkle has successfully represented clients that have been charged with various offenses, from felony rape to DUI and misdemeanor drug possession.
Attorney Dunkle has also obtained favorable results for criminal defense clients in various phases of cases, from pre-charge negotiations, preliminary hearings, pre-trial suppression and pre-trial dismissal motions, trial, appeal, Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) Petitions, and even expungement.
Below are summaries of cases that proceeded to litigation, and in which Centre County defense attorney Jason S. Dunkle produced great results for the client. It must be noted that every case is different and such results are not possible in every case. The case results set forth below are based upon the particular facts and circumstances of those cases.
Pennsylvania Appellate Experience
Criminal Defense Trial Experience
- Accused of Lying on Gun Application
- Mifflin County Rape Case – Allegations of Consensual Sex
- Centre County DUI Case – Drinking While Parked Not a Crime
Pre-trial Experience – Suppression
- Centre County Drug Charge – Search of Client After Public Urination in Downtown State College
- Mifflin County DUI Case – Unconstitutional Detention on Second DUI in Same Night
- Centre County Drug Case – Unconstitutional Search of Fraternity House
- Centre County DUI Case – Suppression of Admission to Drinking – Miranda Violation
- Centre County Drug Case – Warrantless Entry of an Apartment in Downtown State College
- Mifflin County Possession of Child Pornography Case – Buyer Beware when Purchasing a Used Computer
- Centre County Drug Case – Running from Police on Penn State Campus
Pre-Trial Experience – Sufficiency of Evidence Dismissal
- Penn State Drug Paraphernalia Case – Pipe Is a Pipe, Not Paraphernalia
- Centre County Fake ID Case – Failure of Officer to Adequately Warn Client
- Centre County Drug Case – Suspected Marijuana was Not Marijuana
- Mifflin County Drug Paraphernalia Case – Baggy Was Not Paraphernalia
Preliminary Hearing Success
- Centre County Drug Case – Unconstitutional Patdown Search for Weapons
- Centre County DUI Case – Parked in Bar Parking Lot
- Centre County Furnishing Alcohol to Minor – Cops-In-Shops Follow Up Investigation
Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA)
- Centre County Murder Case – Multiple Attorneys Missed the Time Deadline for Filings
- Centre County Drug Delivery Case – Attorney Failed to Thoroughly Investigate Charges & Review Evidence
Centre County Expungement
- Centre County Resisting Arrest Case – Expungement of Summary Convictions
- Blair County Drug Case – Expungement of Dismissed Drug Charges