Pennsylvania Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania or Court of Appeals of Pennsylvania where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Jones v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 4/27/2005
Lewis Jones (Jones) petitions for review of the July 16, 2004, order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board), which: (1) denied Jones' petition for administrative relief challenging the Board's refusal to give him...
Peterson v. Worker's Compensation Appeal Board - 4/27/2005
Leroyal Peterson (Claimant) petitions for review of the September 28, 2004 order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting Claimant's claim petition...
Cox v. Commonwealth - 4/27/2005
Anthony D. Cox (Licensee) appeals from the October 25, 2004, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to the driver's license suspension imposed upon him by the...
Nelson v. State Board of Auctioneer Examiners - 4/26/2005
Kim Nelson (Petitioner) appeals from the Order of the State Board of Auctioneer Examiners (Board) denying his application for an auctioneer license. Petitioner argues on appeal that the Board erred or abused its discretion by basing...
Commonwealth v. Hill - 4/26/2005
1 The Commonwealth appeals from the January 27, 2004 order granting the pretrial suppression motion filed by Kenneth James Hill. We affirm.
2 The following principles are pertinent to our review:
here a motion to...
Lepko v. Commonwealth - 4/26/2005
Joseph D. Lepko (Licensee) appeals from the June 22, 2004, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) denying Licensee's appeal from the one year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the...
Commonwealth v. Henry - 4/25/2005
Petition for Reargument Filed May 6, 2005; Petition for Reargument Denied June 24, 2005
1 Michael Henry (Appellant) appeals from the August 20, 2003 judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction for unauthorized use of...
Styles v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 4/13/2005
T.H. Styles petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that denied his request for administrative relief and recommitted him to serve twelve months backtime as a technical parole...
Knapp v. Commonwealth - 4/12/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court), sustaining the statutory appeal of Brandon D. Knapp (Licensee) and reversing the...
Kennedy v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Corrections - 4/4/2005
Presently before the Court are the preliminary objections of the Department of Corrections (Department) to the pro se petition for review (Petition) filed by Skylar Elwin Kennedy. We overrule the Department's preliminary objections. ...
Guzan v. Commonwealth - 3/29/2005
In this appeal, we consider whether the entry of judgment of sentence in New York State following the entry of a guilty plea is required for Pennsylvania to consider a licensee "convicted" for purposes of the Driver's License Compact...
Crislip v. Commonwealth - 3/29/2005
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County (trial court), issued June 22, 2004, sustaining the appeal of...
Commonwealth v. Lehman - 3/29/2005
This case presents the question of whether the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act (MPJA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 8953, is violated when a police officer leaves his primary jurisdiction to investigate a citizen's report of a motorist in distress...
Smillie v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 3/23/2005
Robert A. Smillie (Smillie) petitions for review from a final determination of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that recommitted him to serve six months backtime as a convicted parole violator to be served...
Commonwealth v. Williams - 3/22/2005
1 This case has returned to us on remand from the Supreme Court to be decided in light of the Court's recent decision in Rossi v. Com. of Pa., Dept. of Trans., 860 A.2d 64 (Pa. 2004). While the Supreme Court's decision in Rossi...
Commonwealth v. Johnson - 3/22/2005
1 George Johnson (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on October 17, 2003, in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment of sentence in part and vacate in...
Martin v. Commonwealth - 3/18/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Myra J. Martin (Martin) from a...
Commonwealth v. Quaid - 3/17/2005
1 This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon Appellant after he was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana. Appellant raises one question in this appeal, whether a Norfolk...
Wess v. Commonwealth - 3/15/2005
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) reversing its decision that suspended the driving...
Weaver v. Commonwealth - 3/11/2005
Michael J. Weaver (Weaver) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that denied his appeal of the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Department) suspension of his operating...
Commonwealth v. Menezes - 3/8/2005
1 Appellant, Carlos Menezes, asks us to determine whether he is entitled to credit for the 18 hours he served in pre-arraignment custody on the charge of driving under the influence ("DUI"). Specifically, Appellant challenges as...
Helsley v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 3/7/2005
Michael J. Helsley appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) that concludes that he is ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to Sections 3 and 402(e) of the Unemployment...
Mondini v. Commonwealth - 3/1/2005
Vincent Mondini (Mondini) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, upholding a suspension by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) of his driver's license for refusal to submit to chemical...
Piszek v. Commonwealth - 2/28/2005
Maria Piszek (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (trial court) dismissing her statutory appeal and reinstating a one-year suspension of Licensee's operating privilege imposed by the...
Notin v. Commonwealth - 2/24/2005
Danyelle P. Toomer Blackwell Notin (Licensee), a pro se appellant, appeals from the March 9, 2004 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that dismissed her statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of...
Commonwealth v. West - 2/15/2005
Sheldon L. West (Appellant) appeals from the January 12, 2004 order denying relief under his habeas corpus petition. The issue presented is whether Appellant's substantive due process rights were violated when the trial court...
Guarnieri v. Commonwealth - 2/9/2005
Appellant, Cindy A. Guarnieri, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County that denied Appellant's statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of her operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Zini v. Commonwealth - 2/8/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (Trial Court) which granted the statutory appeal of Aaron G. Zini (Licensee) from a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Kennedy - 2/8/2005
1 William Joseph Kennedy appeals from the December 11, 2003 judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction on two counts of driving under the influence (DUI) and various summary violations. For the following reasons, we...
Heller v. Commonwealth - 2/8/2005
Bradley Heller (Heller) and the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeal and cross-appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) which revoked the order of the...
Farries v. Commonwealth - 2/8/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Nathan C. Farries (Farries) from a one-year...
Holland v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 2/8/2005
Thomas D. Holland (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) that denied him unemployment compensation benefits under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of...
Barnas v. Commonwealth - 2/1/2005
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (Department), Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) reversing the order of the Department...
Green v. Commonwealth - 1/28/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (common pleas), which sustained Paul Green's appeal and vacated the Department's...
Grim v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 1/26/2005
Richard Grim (Petitioner) petitions for review of the May 21, 2004, determination of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) dismissing as untimely his administrative appeal from his recommitment as a technical and...
Lepko v. Commonwealth - 1/25/2005
Joseph D. Lepko (Licensee) appeals from the June 22, 2004, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) denying Licensee's appeal from the one year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the...
Hasson v. Commonwealth - 1/25/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Patrick Anthony Hasson (Hasson) from PennDOT's...
Booth v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 1/25/2005
Arthur Booth petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole that denied Booth's request for relief captioned as a petition for administrative relief.
The pertinent facts are summarized as...
Brower v. Commonwealth - 1/25/2005
Zane Grant Brower appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County (common pleas) dismissing his statutory appeal and reinstating the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania...
Griffith v. Commonwealth - 1/21/2005
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (common pleas) that sustained the statutory appeal of Stephen J. Griffith and reversed...
Commonwealth v. Mariani - 1/21/2005
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered following Appellant's open guilty plea to driving under the influence and reckless endangerment. Appellant was sentenced to the mandatory minimum term of two days' to six...
Commonwealth v. Wall - 1/20/2005
1 Christopher A. Wall appeals from the February 6, 2004 judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas, Venango County, following his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol. Upon review, we reverse the...
Commonwealth v. Schaffer - 1/12/2005
1 Paul Len Schaffer ("Appellant") appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on June 5, 2002, following his convictions on one count each of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (IDSI), corruption of minors, endangering...
Commonwealth v. Smith - 1/11/2005
1 In this appeal from his judgment of sentence for aggravated assault, appellant challenges the prosecutor's selection of jurors and the enhancement of his sentence based on his prior record of violent crimes. We affirm.
2...
Commonwealth v. Evans - 1/6/2005
1 James Evans appeals pro se the trial court's denial of his pro se motion styled Permission to File Nunc Pro Tunc Motion for Reconsideration or Modification of Sentence. He raises a single question: "Whether the trial court erred ...
Roselle v. Commonwealth - 1/4/2005
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the March 23, 2004, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court), which granted Ernest M. Roselle's...
Borough Council of Malvern Borough v. Balben - 12/30/2004
Appellant, The Borough Council of Malvern Borough (Borough), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (Trial Court) which affirmed the decision of the Civil Service Commission of Malvern Borough...
Commonwealth v. Fusselman - 12/14/2004
1 Michael Fusselman appeals from the order denying his petition filed under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, entered against him in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County following a...
Dick v. Commonwealth - 12/14/2004
Appellant, Curt Andrew Dick, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County that denied Appellant's statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Commonwealth v. Klopp - 12/13/2004
1 The Commonwealth appeals from the April 1, 2004 Order granting appellee Diane Lynn Klopp's motion to suppress evidence seized after she was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Appellee's vehicle was...
Irwin-Bromiley v. Commonwealth - 12/13/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that sustained the statutory appeal of Virginia Irwin-Bromiley...
Commonwealth v. Mefford - 12/10/2004
1 The Commonwealth appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, which acted under 61 P.S. § 2141, infra, to grant Appellee a temporary work and child care furlough immediately after imposing a...
Commonwealth v. James - 12/8/2004
In this appeal, we have been asked by Appellant, the Commonwealth, to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting the motion of Appellee, Evan James, for a writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, we must decide whether...
Mistich v. Commonwealth - 12/7/2004
On March 29, 2004, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated an order of this Court dated May 16, 2003, in which we sustained the preliminary objection of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) to the petition for review of...
McKeown v. Commonwealth - 12/7/2004
Edmund F. McKeown (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal of a one-year suspension of his driver's license. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,...
Bello v. Commonwealth - 12/6/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County that sustained the statutory appeal of Mark Bello (Bello) from...
Gidney v. Commonwealth - 12/6/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Benjamin T. Gidney (Licensee) from the suspension of his...
Commonwealth v. Messmer - 12/1/2004
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sentenced Appellant to two and one-half to five and one-quarter years' imprisonment after Appellant pleaded guilty to...
Commonwealth v. Cook - 11/29/2004
Jon M. Cook (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following convictions for driving under the influence and related summary offenses. Appellant raises several allegations of error, all of which we find to be without...
Durkin v. Commonwealth - 11/29/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County that directed J. Michael Farrell, Esquire, to pay the Department the sum of one thousand four...
Tucker v. Commonwealth - 11/18/2004
Carolynn Tucker (Licensee) appeals pro se from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (Trial Court) that denied Licensee's appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege. Licensee's operating privilege was...
Richardson v. Commonwealth - 11/17/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of David A....
Commonwealth v. Paes - 11/16/2004
Richard Paes (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered May 28, 2003 in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. We reverse and vacate the judgment of sentence. The relevant facts and procedural history are as...
Eschenburg v. Commonwealth - 11/12/2004
Gary Eschenburg (Eschenburg) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that denied his appeal of the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Department) suspension of his operating privileges...
Rodriguez v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transportation - 11/8/2004
Dennis L. Rodriguez appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (common pleas) that dismissed his statutory appeal from the five-year revocation of his operating privilege and also dismissed his request for time...
Rodriguez v. Commonwealth - 11/8/2004
Dennis L. Rodriguez appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (common pleas) that dismissed his statutory appeal from the five-year revocation of his operating privilege and also dismissed his request for...
Rinaldi v. Commonwealth - 11/5/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Leslie A. Rinaldi (Licensee) from the requirement that she...
Houston v. Commonwealth - 11/5/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the March 18, 2004, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court), which sustained the appeal of Clyde J....
Felbaum v. Commonwealth - 11/5/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) that granted Paul A. Felbaum's (Licensee) statutory appeal from a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Pries - 10/29/2004
1 This is an appeal as of right from an interlocutory order denying a motion to dismiss certain charges on double jeopardy grounds. Such an order is interlocutory but immediately appealable. Commonwealth v. Bracalielly, 540 Pa....
Commonwealth v. Carter - 10/29/2004
1 Alfonso F. Carter appeals from the May 29, 2002 order denying relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
2 In a memorandum opinion this Court...
Greene v. Commonwealth - 10/28/2004
Rodney F. Greene (Licensee) pro se appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County upholding the suspension of his driver's license by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau), based on his...
Siekierda v. Commonwealth - 10/20/2004
This Court granted review to determine whether a Pennsylvania-licensed driver who has been convicted of driving while intoxicated in Indiana, a sister state which, like Pennsylvania, is a signatory of the Drivers License Compact of...
Congialdi v. Commonwealth - 10/20/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (Department), Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of...
Conahan v. Commonwealth - 10/20/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County that sustained in part and denied in part the license suspension appeal of John J....
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