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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Novak v. Commonwealth - 10/19/2004
Eugene John Novak (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) denying Licensee's appeal from the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) mandate that he comply...
Farries v. Commonwealth - 10/18/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of David Farries from the suspension of his...
Geary v. Commonwealth - 10/15/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County that (1) denied the Department's motion to quash the...
Webb v. Commonwealth - 9/30/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained Daniel Thomas Webb's (Webb) appeal of the Department's suspension of his...
Seiver v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court) granting Charles L. Seiver II's (Licensee) appeal from PennDOT's requirement...
Madden v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) sustaining Richard Madden's (Licensee) appeal from DOT's mandate that he comply...
Behanna v. Commonwealth - 9/24/2004
Shawn Edward Behanna appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (common pleas) that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau...
Dorfeld v. Commonwealth - 9/24/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Robert P. Dorfeld, II (Dorfeld) from...
Commonwealth v. Garcia - 9/23/2004
1 In this appeal from the judgment of sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), we apply Commonwealth v. Gleason, 567 Pa. 111, 785 A.2d 983 (2001), in order to determine whether the driving behavior witnessed by...
Osman v. Commonwealth - 9/22/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Richard E. Osman, III (Licensee), from a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Noel - 9/22/2004
In this appeal, we are asked to consider the constitutionality of Section 3103(a) of the Motor Vehicle Code (the "Code"), which provides:
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be...
Commonwealth v. Wilbert - 9/10/2004
1 This is an appeal from the order entered by the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas on February 3, 2004. On November 10, 2003, Appellant was convicted at a bench trial of Driving Under the Influence and Driving Under Suspension...
Azur v. Commonwealth - 9/9/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Francis H. Azur (Licensee) from suspension of...
Commonwealth v. Finley - 9/9/2004
1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("the Commonwealth"), asks us to determine whether the trial court erred in granting a motion to quash and dismissing the criminal information filed against Appellee, Paul Finley Jr....
Stein v. Commonwealth - 9/8/2004
John Stein (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege. The Pennsylvania Department of...
Commonwealth v. McHale - 9/8/2004
Scott McHale (Appellant) appeals from the March 6, 2003 judgment of sentence of four to eight years' imprisonment imposed upon him following his conviction in a bench trial on charges of aggravated assault, causing an automobile...
Correll v. Commonwealth - 9/7/2004
Michael C. Correll (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas (trial court) denying his appeal and reinstating the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of...
Kruth v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 8/26/2004
Our Pennsylvania Supreme Court has remanded this controversy for reconsideration in light of the decision in McKinley v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 756 Pa. 85, 838 A.2d 700 (2003)(McKinley IV).
In...
McBride v. Commonwealth - 8/24/2004
Gregory B. McBride (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County that upheld the action of the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), suspending his driving privileges for...
Commonwealth v. Aponte - 8/19/2004
We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether 35 P.S. § 780-115(a), which doubles the statutory maximum penalty upon proof of a prior conviction for a similar offense, without requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a...
Smith v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 8/13/2004
Stewart D. Smith (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the referee's decision, which denied benefits to Claimant pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment...
Koontz v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 8/11/2004
Dennis J. Koontz, Jr. (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him unemployment compensation benefits. In doing so, the Board affirmed the Referee's...
Smith v. Commonwealth - 8/10/2004
Debra Sue Smith (Appellant) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), filed January 16, 2004, which dismissed her statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege...
Helt v. Commonwealth - 8/6/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the August 20, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), which sustained the appeal of...
Bjorkquist v. Commonwealth - 8/2/2004
SUBMITTED: May 14, 2004
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (common pleas) that sustained...
Commonwealth v. Butler - 7/28/2004
Appellant, Orlando Butler ("Butler") appeals from the judgment of sentence entered May 7, 2003 by the Honorable Joseph A. Dych, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Following a bench trial, Butler was convicted of Driving...
Cook v. Commonwealth - 7/22/2004
Robert A. Cook appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (common pleas) dismissing his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...
Ramirez v. Commonwealth - 7/22/2004
Cesar Ramirez appeals from an order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (common pleas) that denied his appeal of his driver's license suspension imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing...
Hyland v. Commonwealth - 7/21/2004
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Thomas W. Hyland, Jr. (Licensee), and...
Lucas v. Commonwealth - 7/15/2004
Submitted: June 11, 2004
Troy Lynn Lucas (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County that upheld the suspension of his driver's license by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver...
Commonwealth v. Chernosky - 7/15/2004
1 This is a Commonwealth appeal from the lower court's granting a defense motion to suppress. Appellee was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and various other driving and traffic offenses. She filed a pre-trial...
Oesterling v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 7/14/2004
Before this Court is an appeal by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Eric Albert Oesterling...
Oesterling v. Commonwealth - 7/14/2004
Before this Court is an appeal by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Eric Albert Oesterling...
Zuder v. Commonwealth - 7/14/2004
John Zuder appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (common pleas), which denied his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Commonwealth v. Lindblom - 7/13/2004
1 In this appeal, the Commonwealth asserts that the trial court erred in granting Appellee's suppression motion. Appellee filed the motion after he was charged with two counts of driving under the influence and one count of careless...
Commonwealth v. Ross - 7/13/2004
Petition for Reargument Filed July 21, 2004
1 Donald Ross appeals from the judgment of sentence imposing an aggregate term of imprisonment of one year less one day to two years less two days followed by twenty-one months...
Commonwealth v. Smith - 7/12/2004
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, which convicted Appellant of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled Substance ("DUI"). Appellant contends that...
Commonwealth v. Ruey - 7/8/2004
1 The Commonwealth appeals the trial court's order suppressing medical evidence tending to indicate that Speer Ruey was legally intoxicated when he was involved in a four-car accident that caused injuries to several people and the...
Commonwealth v. Kowalski - 7/7/2004
1 The Commonwealth appeals the August 4, 2003 Order granting appellee Michele Kowalski's motion to quash the information on the count of escape, graded as a felony of the third degree.
2 The trial court summarized the...
Commonwealth v. Butler - 7/6/2004
1 Appellant, Orlando Butler ("Butler") appeals from the judgment of sentence entered May 7, 2003 by the Honorable Joseph A. Dych, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Following a bench trial, Butler was convicted of Driving...
Lewis v. Commonwealth - 6/30/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Todd A. Lewis (Lewis) from the requirement that he...
Conrad v. Commonwealth - 6/29/2004
ORDER
AND NOW, this 26th day of August, 2004, it is hereby ORDERED that the above-captioned opinion filed June 29, 2004 shall be designated OPINION rather than MEMORANDUM OPINION, and it shall be reported.
Submitted:...
Commonwealth v. Frye - 6/25/2004
1 Brenda Frye appeals from the November 1, 2002 order denying her credit for time served on parole while on house arrest with electronic monitoring. Because Frye was effectively incarcerated during this period, entitling her to...
Commonwealth v. Reyes - 6/23/2004
Oscar Reyes appeals from the September 9, 2003 judgment of sentence imposed following a non-jury trial. Appellant was sentenced to thirty (30) days to eighteen (18) months imprisonment plus a $750 fine for driving under the influence...
Lawhead v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 6/18/2004
Michelle M. Lawhead (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed the decision and order of a Referee denying Claimant benefits pursuant to the Unemployment Compensation Law...
Stevenson v. Commonwealth - 6/17/2004
Randall T. Stevenson (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) affirming the one-year suspension of his operating privilege for refusing to submit to a chemical blood test under 75 Pa....
Stahler v. Commonwealth - 6/15/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County sustaining the statutory appeal of Richard D. Stahler...
Commonwealth v. Herb - 6/9/2004
1 Appellant, Thomas Herb, asks us to determine whether the evidence admitted at the de novo bench trial was sufficient to sustain his conviction for driving on a DUI-related license suspension. Appellant also contends that the court...
Carrara v. Commonwealth - 6/8/2004
Kim Richard Carrara (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County (trial court) which dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
King v. Commonwealth - 6/7/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (trial court), which sustained the statutory appeal of Richard Allen King (Licensee) from a...
Probst v. Commonwealth - 5/26/2004
This is a direct appeal brought under 42 Pa.C.S. §722(7) from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, sustaining Appellee's statutory appeal and ordering the appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department...
Commonwealth v. Scott - 5/24/2004
1 Paul Scott (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following the revocation of his parole at trial court docket numbers 1172 CA 2000 and 5051 CA 1999. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of...
Commonwealth v. Williams - 5/20/2004
1 On April 11, 2001, Anthony Williams had his license suspended for one year and was incarcerated for 48 hours for driving under the influence (DUI), 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3731. On October 11, 2002, Williams was convicted for driving...
Cronin v. Commonwealth - 5/19/2004
Mark Andrew Cronin (Cronin) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges pursuant to Section 1547(b)(1) of the...
Combs v. Commonwealth - 5/19/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 41 st Judicial District (Juniata County Branch) (trial court)...
Strick v. Commonwealth - 5/17/2004
Daryl Strick appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County that quashed his untimely appeal from the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (PennDOT) requirement that he install ignition...
Dwyer v. Commonwealth - 5/17/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Barbara Ann Dwyer from the requirement that she install...
Heberlig v. Commonwealth - 5/17/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Becky L. Heberlig from the requirement that she...
DeMartini v. Commonwealth - 5/13/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (Trial Court) which sustained the appeal of Patricia R. DeMartini (Licensee) from a one-year...
Susan v. Commonwealth - 5/12/2004
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the May 7, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Kathy L. Susan...
Girlardo v. Commonwealth - 5/11/2004
The instant case involves an attempt to collaterally attack a criminal court sentencing order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that, in part, required Mary Anne Girlardo (Licensee) to abide by the terms of the...
Hockenbury v. Commonwealth - 5/11/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (Department), Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of...
Delaney v. Commonwealth - 5/11/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the November 17, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court), which sustained John...
Gombocz v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 5/11/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County order sustaining Louis Gombocz, Jr.'s appeal of a one-year suspension of his driving privilege for a chemical...
Harms v. Commonwealth - 5/10/2004
The instant case involves reconsideration of our October 2003 decision in this Ignition Interlock appeal so as to clarify our holding in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Commonwealth v. Mockaitis, 575 Pa. 5, 834 A.2d 488...
Helman v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 5/10/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County that sustained the appeal of Todd M. Helman (Licensee) from the requirement that he install...
Pigott v. Commonwealth - 5/10/2004
Before us is an appeal by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that allowed John William Pigott (Licensee) to appeal his...
Jensen v. Commonwealth Dept. of Transportation - 5/6/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining Lisa Marie Jensen's (Licensee) appeal from a one-year...
Simms v. Commonwealth - 4/22/2004
Charles H. Simms (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County that dismissed Licensee's challenge to the suspension of his license by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing...
Smalley-Fruendt v. Commonwealth - 4/21/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) that granted the appeal of Kathleen Smalley-Fruendt (Smalley-Fruendt) of the suspension...
Hanbury v. Commonwealth - 4/20/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver's Licensing (DOT) appeals from the October 10, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained James Hanbury's statutory appeal from a...
Fleeher v. Commonwealth - 4/1/2004
Dennis L. Fleeher (Licensee) petitions this Court for review of the order of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), which denied reconsideration of his request for an administrative hearing. Our review is...
Bruzgulis v. Commonwealth - 4/1/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Stanley J....
Commonwealth v. Beaman - 3/31/2004
Appellant Gary Beaman appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on February 10, 2003, in the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, following his convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731(a)(1)...
Commonwealth v. Stewart - 3/26/2004
Appellant, Andrew T. Stewart, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on April 1, 2003 in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County. After careful review, we affirm.
In an opinion filed on June 10, 2003 pursuant to...
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