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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Commonwealth v. Baumgardner - 1/23/2001
J. S56021/00
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after the trial court found Appellant guilty of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked--DUI related. 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1543(b). The trial...
Commonwealth v. Collins - 1/17/2001
SUBMITTED: April 12, 2000
We granted allocatur to determine whether the offenses of homicide by vehicle and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) merge for sentencing purposes. Due to the mutually...
Catanzarite v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1/11/2001
Argued: June 7, 2000
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained Jeffrey T....
Golden v. Commonwealth - 1/10/2001
Submitted: September 8, 2000
Leo E. Golden, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 39 th Judicial District (Franklin County Branch),upholding a one-year suspension of his motor vehicle operating...
Commonwealth v. Weaver - 1/8/2001
J. A37021/00
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Venango County. The sole issue for review is whether the trial court erred in admitting a police videotape depicting...
Bartoe v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 12/29/2000
Submitted: June 2, 2000
Ryan C. Bartoe (Bartoe) appeals from the December 28, 1999 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court), which denied Bartoe's appeal of the one-year driver's license suspension...
Trout v. Commonwealth - 12/29/2000
Submitted: June 16, 2000
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the January 19, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court),...
Harrington v. Commonwealth - 12/22/2000
This direct appeal requires consideration of whether a 1998 amendment to Section 1584 of the Vehicle Code, implementing the existing scheme of reciprocal license suspension under the interstate Driver's License Compact in...
Lemon v. Commonwealth - 12/4/2000
Submitted: September 15, 2000
Daniel Lemon appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Clark v. Bil-Jax - 12/1/2000
J. A38035/00
This is an appeal from an order entering summary judgment in favor of Appellee, Bil-Jax, in a wrongful death and survival action premised on a theory of strict liability derived from a defect in design.
On...
Commonwealth v. Harbst - 11/30/2000
Submitted: August 6, 1999
Dana Harbst (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County denying Appellant's "Petition to Direct Clerk of Courts to Certify Completion of Treatment Program" in order...
Bellum v. Pennsylvania State Police - 11/29/2000
ARGUED: September 14, 2000
George A. Bellum (Petitioner), petitions for review from an order of the Office of Attorney General (OAG), sustaining a decision of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), denying his application to...
Geesaman v. Commonwealth - 11/22/2000
Submitted: May 19, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Kenneth L....
Baker v. Commonwealth - 11/22/2000
Submitted: July 28, 2000
Derek R. Baker (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one- year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the...
Renna v. Commonwealth - 11/20/2000
Submitted: August 11, 2000
Chad J. Renna (Licensee) appeals from the February 17, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County (trial court), which denied and dismissed Licensee's license suspension appeal and...
Theodore v. Delaware Valley School District - 11/6/2000
SUBMITTED: September 13, 2000
Louis and Mary Ellen Theodore (Parents) and their daughters, Jennifer Lynn and Kimberly Ann Theodore (Students), appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County (trial court)...
Commonwealth v. Howard - 10/30/2000
J. S43024/00
1 This is an appeal from the order entered on January 7, 2000, in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County that granted appellee's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress. Appellee was charged with two counts of...
Commonwealth v. Snyder - 10/17/2000
J.E03005/00
1 Did the trial court err when it concluded that there were valid reasons to justify the delay in filing the criminal charges against Keith Snyder until they were filed and that the reasons for the delay in filing...
Commonwealth v. McCafferty - 9/28/2000
This matter comes before this Court pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 722(7) to determine whether the Court of Common Pleas ("trial court") erred in concluding that the Driver's License Compact of 1961 ("Compact"), incorporated into the...
Zimmerman v. Commonwealth - 9/20/2000
SUBMITTED: June 7, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas that sustained the license revocation appeal of Craig L. Zimmerman. The...
Rodgers v. Pennsylvania State Police - 9/13/2000
Argued: October 7, 1999
Crystal Rodgers (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (Commissioner), denying her claim for benefits under the Heart and Lung Act (Act) because he concluded...
Commonwealth v. Johnson - 8/23/2000
J. A20019/00
Appellant Aaron K. Johnson ("Johnson") appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after he pled guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9793, and failing to verify his address, 42...
Commonwealth v. Greth - 8/17/2000
Appellant-Greth challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction of driving while the amount of alcohol by weight in his blood (BAC) was .10% or greater, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §3731(a)(4). He argues that the Commonwealth...
Tindal v. Commonwealth - 7/28/2000
Submitted: July 16, 1999
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, which sustained Ricky C. Tindal's appeal from a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Samuels - 7/27/2000
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court
ORDER
AND NOW, this 27th day of July, 2000, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following issue:
Whether the...
Schrankel v. Commonwealth - 7/19/2000
We granted allowance of appeal in this matter to decide whether the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) can suspend, pursuant to the Driver's License Compact, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §1581, (Compact), the license of a driver, who...
Tarka v. Commonwealth - 7/14/2000
Submitted: April 28, 2000
Thomas J. Tarka (Tarka) appeals from the October 15, 1999 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (Trial Court) denying his appeal and sustaining a suspension of his operating privilege...
Williams v. Commonwealth - 7/12/2000
Submitted: May 19, 2000
Edward Williams appeals from the June 25, 1999 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Williams' appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating...
Commonwealth v. Gano - 7/7/2000
Robert Gano appeals from the judgment of sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). We remand for further proceedings.
Appellant is a Pennsylvania State Trooper. On September 6, 1999, he was arrested for...
Commonwealth v. McMullen - 7/6/2000
Matthew McMullen appeals from the September 9, 1999 judgment of sentence of forty-eight hours to twenty-three months incarceration and associated mandatory fines following his conviction of driving under the influence as a minor. For...
O'Connor v. Commonwealth - 6/28/2000
ARGUED: June 5, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained the statutory appeal of Thomas G. O'Connor...
Schuetz v. Commonwealth - 6/14/2000
SUBMITTED: May 19, 2000
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the...
Commonwealth v. McConley - 6/9/2000
ARGUED: FEBRUARY 7, 2000
Bart McConley (McConley) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that found McConley guilty of violating Section 19(25) of the Board of Vehicles Act (Act), 63...
Bourdeev v. Commonwealth - 5/30/2000
SUBMITTED: April 14, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) petitions for review from a determination of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), sustaining the statutory...
Tristani v. City of Pittsburgh - 5/30/2000
ARGUED: February 8, 2000
In these consolidated cross-appeals, the City of Pittsburgh (City) and Brian L. Tristani (Plaintiff) appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) dated September...
Bridges v. Commonwealth - 5/26/2000
Submitted: February 4, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of...
Commonwealth v. MacPherson - 5/18/2000
[J-47-2000]
ARGUED: March 8, 2000
OPINION OF THE COURT
In this direct appeal brought under 42 Pa.C.S. §722(7), we consider whether the court of common pleas correctly determined that 75 Pa.C.S. §3731(a.1) of...
Commonwealth v. Sadvari - 5/18/2000
In this case we consider the lawfulness of an extraterritorial arrest of a Delaware citizen for an offense occurring in Pennsylvania.
On October 31, 1996, at approximately 2:45 a.m., two Pennsylvania State Police Troopers were...
Lockwood v. City of Pittsburgh - 5/18/2000
We must determine whether a claim alleging that the City of Pittsburgh was negligent in failing to install a guardrail along a curve in the road where an accident occurred falls within the streets exception to governmental immunity...
Commonwealth v. Andersen - 5/17/2000
J. A12003/00
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County on August 4, 1999. Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance...
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. One 1990 Dodge Ram Van - 5/16/2000
Submitted: March 7, 2000
OPINION BY
PRESIDENT JUDGE DOYLE
David Garnett appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County which ordered that his Dodge Ram van be confiscated and forfeited to the...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Anonymous - 5/15/2000
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TO THE HONORABLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA:
Pursuant to Rule 208(d)(2)(iii) of the Pennsylvania...
Commonwealth v. Long - 5/11/2000
J. S15013/00
1 Appellant, Albert Leroy Long, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license and...
Commonwealth v. A.D.B. - 4/28/2000
Submitted: December 23, 1998
A.D.B., Appellant, is a juvenile (Juvenile) and appeals an adjudication of the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) finding him delinquent of three summary offense violations of the...
Commonwealth v. Vesel - 4/27/2000
J. S15022/00
1 This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed after Joseph W. Vesel's conviction for two (2) counts of driving under the influence, and disorderly conduct. After careful review of the record, we...
Ester v. Commonwealth - 4/26/2000
ORDER
AND NOW, this 21st day of July, 2000, it is ordered that the opinion filed April 26, 2000, shall be designated OPINION rather than MEMORANDUM OPINION, and that it shall be reported.
BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge ...
McLaughlin v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 4/20/2000
ARGUED: February 8, 2000
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained James J. McLaughlin's appeal of a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Wituszynski - 4/4/2000
J.S97007/99
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered November 2, 1998, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County after Appellant's conviction for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled...
Hunt v. Commonwealth - 3/29/2000
SUBMITTED: December 31, 1999
Jay R. Hunt appeals a one year suspension of his driving privileges pursuant to the Driver's License Compact of 1961, claiming first that West Virginia's statute is not substantially similar to...
Commonwealth v. Williams - 3/29/2000
J. S74001/99
1 There are two questions presented by Appellant, Kevin Williams, in this appeal: 1) whether the search of his vehicle by School District Police Officers was authorized by section 7-778 of the Public School Code,...
Commonwealth v. Mendez - 3/21/2000
J. A09026/00
1 On this appeal we determine whether a defendant convicted of driving under suspension/DUI related, and subject to a mandatory term of imprisonment may receive credit for time voluntarily served in intermediate...
Commonwealth v. Murray - 3/21/2000
J. E03006/99
1 Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) under 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3731(a)(4), and challenges the constitutionality of Section 3731(a.1). Finding the statute to be constitutional and...
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Miller - 3/13/2000
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered following the denial of Appellant's motion to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). 1 Appellant was sentenced to...
Kelly v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 3/3/2000
SUBMITTED: September 24, 1999
The issue presented is whether the testimony of Nancy Kelly (Claimant) at a January 5, 1999 hearing constitutes substantial evidence to support a finding that she was discharged from her employment...
Beswick v. Maguire - 3/2/2000
J.E04001/99
1 Did the trial court err in refusing to grant a new trial to the appellants Beswicks on the basis that the jury award in their favor was inadequate to a degree that a new trial should be awarded?
2 This is...
Berner v. Commonwealth - 2/25/2000
SUBMITTED: October 29, 1999
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County sustaining Jennifer Ann Berner's license suspension appeal. The Bureau...
York County Transportation v. Teamsters Local Union #430 - 2/25/2000
Argued: December 6, 1999
The York County Transportation Authority d/b/a/ Community Transit (YCTA) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County (trial court) denying YCTA's petition to vacate an Arbitrator's...
Petrocsko v. Commonwealt - 2/4/2000
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Edward Petrocsko (Licensee) from a...
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Taylor - 2/1/2000
1 In this appeal, we determine whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT), may properly refuse to produce accident reports and other records in response to a court order in a criminal prosecution...
Commonwealth v. Taylor - 2/1/2000
1 In this appeal, we determine whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT), may properly refuse to produce accident reports and other records in response to a court order in a criminal prosecution...
Zawacki v. Commonwealth - 2/1/2000
Christopher R. Zawacki (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County (trial court) that dismissed Licensee's appeal of the one-year suspension of his operating privilege by the Department of...
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Snyder - 2/1/2000
1 This is an appeal from an order, the effect of which was to affirm Appellant's previous conviction for first-degree murder. Appellant raises one issue, "whether a defendant is deprived of due process when an eleven year and two...
Millili v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1/31/2000
Submitted: April 14, 1999
Anthony Millili appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which upheld the Department of Transportation's (DOT) suspension of his driver's license pursuant to Section...
Barrett v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1/31/2000
Michael Barrett appeals an order of the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas upholding the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Department), suspension of Barrett's motor vehicle operating privileges.
On...
Barrett v. Commonwealth - 1/31/2000
Submitted: July 2, 1999
Michael Barrett appeals an order of the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas upholding the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Department), suspension of Barrett's motor vehicle...
Commonwealth v. Shaw - 1/20/2000
The issue presented in the instant appeal is whether the Superior Court properly determined that the sentencing court erred by finding that the New York State offense of Driving While Ability Impaired ("DWAI"), N.Y. Veh. & Traf....
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Zugay - 1/19/2000
OPINION BY CIRILLO, P.J.E.
David Zugay appeals from his December 17, 1998 sentence of imprisonment for seven days to 18 months, plus a $500.00 fine, imposed following his jury trial and conviction for driving under the...
Commonwealth v. Hall - 1/12/2000
1 In this appeal, we determine whether the trial court properly refused to extend protection from discovery to "accident reconstruction and visibility studies" in the possession of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Commonwealth v. Wilson - 12/29/1999
Is a defendant, who is in the position of a pretrial detainee and under house arrest, entitled to credit for time served outside of prison where his release was mandated by a federal court order? The trial court determined that...
Commonwealth v. Korenkiewicz - 12/22/1999
1 Appellant asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence. Appellant challenges the legal basis for the investigative stop of his vehicle and the propriety of the evidence...
Commonwealth v. Kline - 12/22/1999
We granted allowance of appeal in this case to determine whether a county deputy sheriff, who has completed the deputy sheriff's basic training course, the driving while under the influence modules given to municipal police officers...
Commonwealth v. Johnson - 12/22/1999
1 This case addresses the authority of State Park officers to stop drivers who may be in violation of summary offenses in the Motor Vehicle Code. After a thorough review of the record and the applicable law, we vacate the judgment...
In re Klink - 12/14/1999
Appeal from the Order of April 29, 1999, In the Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County, Orphans Division, at No. 84 of 1999.
Deana Schobert appeals from the order of the Orphans' Court denying her petition to remove Betty Lou...
Anderson v. McVay - 12/13/1999
Appellant ["Father"] appeals an order of December 30, 1998, which allowed appellee ["Mother"] to relocate their two children to North Carolina. He claims the trial court misapplied the best interests of the child standard in...
Petrovick v. Commonwealth - 12/13/1999
We granted allocatur in these three consolidated cases to address the effect of an out-of-state conviction under New York's driving while ability impaired (DWAI) statute and Maryland's driving while under the influence (DUI) statute...
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