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. Mickley - 3/25/2004
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after Appellant was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of careless driving. For the reasons...
Mankin v. Commonwealth - 3/24/2004
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) denying the statutory appeal of...
Miller v. Commonwealth - 3/24/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) sustaining Leon M. Miller's (Licensee) appeal from the Department's...
Commonwealth v. Boczkowski - 3/23/2004
ARGUED: March 4, 2002
On May 5, 1999, a jury sitting before the Honorable David S. Cercone of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County convicted appellant of first-degree murder for the strangulation death of his wife,...
Westcott v. Commonwealth - 3/23/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) that denied in part and granted in part the appeal of Nelson G. Westcott...
Commonwealth v. Johnson - 3/23/2004
1 In this appeal from his judgment of sentence for Homicide by Vehicle and related charges, appellant claims the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict. He also challenges an evidentiary ruling by the trial court as well...
Loch v. Commonwealth - 3/23/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that sustained the appeal of Larry Dale Loch from a requirement imposed by the Department...
Commonwealth v. Smith - 3/23/2004
1 Appellant, Jameal Smith, appeals from his June 17, 2002 judgment of sentence. On appeal, he first argues that the trial court erred by not crediting his sentence with the time that he was incarcerated under a probation detainer...
Commonwealth v. Wise - 3/22/2004
1 Following a bench trial on February 12, 2003, Harold Wise, appellant, was found guilty of driving under the influence. 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731. Thereafter, the Honorable H. Terry Grimes sentenced appellant to a term of imprisonment...
Pass v. Commonwealth - 3/19/2004
Joseph Santino Pass (Licensee) appeals from the August 20, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County (Centre County trial court), which dismissed Licensee's appeal and reinstated the license suspension imposed by the...
Eichelberger v. Commonwealth - 3/18/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) sustaining Teresa A. Eichelberger's (Licensee's) appeal from DOT's mandate that she...
Williams v. Commonwealth - 3/17/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court), which sustained the statutory appeal of Bryn J. Williams (Licensee) from a...
McDonald v. Commonwealth - 3/16/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that sustained the statutory appeal of James Kevin McDonald from the requirement that he...
Canaan v. Commonwealth - 3/16/2004
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (Trial Court). The Trial Court granted the appeal of Jeffrey C. Canaan (Canaan), whose driver operating...
Rinnegan v. Commonwealth - 3/16/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court), dated February 25, 2003, sustaining the appeal...
Commonwealth v. Lal - 3/16/2004
Adhinayak Roby Lal (Appellant) appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County finding him guilty of violations of the Borough of Modena's (Borough) property maintenance code. By order dated February 25, 2003, the...
Commonwealth v. Raab - 3/15/2004
1 Appellant, Brian Raab, brings this appeal from the judgment of sentence to serve an aggregate term of imprisonment of from six months to twenty-three months, imposed following a non-jury trial in which appellant was convicted of...
Cummings v. Commonwealth - 3/12/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that sustained the appeal of Gary F. Cummings from the...
Dorsey v. Commonwealth - 3/11/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) petitions for review of the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of David Dorsey (Licensee) from a...
Kovalesky v. Commonwealth - 3/10/2004
Before the Court is the Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Bureau) appeal of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County sustaining the statutory appeal of Curtis John Kovalesky (Licensee)....
Liero v. Commonwealth - 3/9/2004
Submitted: December 19, 2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court) which sustained...
Rosenko v. Commonwealth - 3/8/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (common pleas) that denied in part and sustained in part the appeal of Paul Jeffrey...
Booz v. Commonwealth - 3/2/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining Charles Booz's (Licensee) statutory appeal from PennDOT's requirement that...
Isaac v. Commonwealth - 2/27/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County sustaining the statutory appeal filed by Candace Isaac...
Stecker v. Commonwealth - 2/25/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of James...
Khan v. State Board of Auctioneer Examiners - 2/20/2004
Promulgated pursuant to the Professions and Occupations Code (Code), Section 20(a)(11) of the Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act (Act), Act of December 22, 1983, P.L. 327, 63 P.S. § 734.20(a)(11), permits an auctioneer to be...
Sensenig v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 2/20/2004
This is an appeal by Walter Sensenig (Claimant) from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) that affirmed a referee's decision to deny benefits on the basis Claimant had voluntarily quit his job without...
Berman v. Commonwealth - 2/19/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the April 17, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which granted Donna Berman's...
Robeson v. Commonwealth - 2/17/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that sustained the appeal of Eric Marcel Robeson (Licensee) from the requirement that he...
Fey v. Commonwealth - 2/17/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County that sustained the appeal of Daniel James Fey (Licensee) from the requirement that he...
Moerder v. Commnwealth - 2/13/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that sustained the appeal of Mark C. Moerder (Licensee) from the requirement that he...
Bartley v. Commonwealth - 2/12/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (common pleas) that sustained the appeal of Gregory Bartley from the requirement that he...
Yakubik v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Richard G. Yakubik from the requirement that he...
Byrd v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
SUBMITTED: November 21, 2003
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (common pleas) that sustained...
Singiser v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
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 Steven C. Singiser's appeal from PennDOT's requirement that he...
Held v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
SUBMITTED: September 19, 2003
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (common pleas) that sustained...
Mensch v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
Argued: December 10, 2003
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County (common pleas) that sustained...
Caparro v. Commonwealth - 2/11/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that denied in part and granted in part the...
Denney v. Commonwealth - 2/10/2004
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 appeal of William F. Denney from the...
Freedman v. Commonwealth - 2/10/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (common pleas) that sustained the appeal of Kerry Freedman from the requirement that he...
Shannon v. Commonwealth - 2/2/2004
Kimberly Shannon appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) denying Shannon's appeal from a one year suspension of her operating privilege pursuant to Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code, 75...
Braund v. Commonwealth - 1/30/2004
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 that sustained the appeal of Georgianna Braund (Braund)...
Commonwealth v. Viglione - 1/29/2004
We granted en banc review to determine whether the law of the case doctrine precludes our consideration of appellant's double jeopardy claim. Having concluded that an exception to that doctrine allows our review, we nonetheless...
Herron v. Commonwealth - 1/26/2004
Charles Keith Herron appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Commonwealth v. Johonoson - 1/26/2004
*Petition for Reargument Filed February 5, 2004 *
Appellant, Franklin Johonoson, appeals pro se from the judgment of sentence imposed on December 18, 2002, following his conviction for Driving Under the Influence (DUI), 75...
Gelet v. Commonwealth - 1/23/2004
Before the Court is the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (Bureau) appeal of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County sustaining the statutory appeal of James R. Gelet. Gelet had appealed...
Commonwealth - 1/20/2004
The issue before this Court is whether the statutory privilege set forth in § 3754(b) of the Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq., justified the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (Penn DOT) in moving...
Wilhelm v. Commonwealth - 1/20/2004
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (common pleas court) that denied in part and granted in part the...
Commonwealth v. Derr - 1/15/2004
1 Appellant Scott A. Derr appeals from his judgment of sentence entered on April 11, 2003, in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. Following a bench trial, Appellant was convicted of carrying a firearm without a license,...
Litterini v. Commonwealth - 1/15/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of Matthew R. Litterini (Licensee) from a one-year...
Rutch v. Commonwealth - 1/14/2004
Eugene A. Rutch appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his driver's license imposed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) following...
Degnan v. Commonwealth - 1/14/2004
David E. Degnan appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Potter County (trial court) denying his appeal from the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing's (PennDOT) suspension of his driver's license for...
Fiore v. Commonwealth - 1/9/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals the May 7, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Michael Guido Fiore (Licensee) "as to...
Cinquina v. Commonwealth - 1/9/2004
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) sustaining Christopher Cinquina's appeal from PennDOT's requirement that he...
Commonwealth v. Lipinski - 1/7/2004
1 Appellant, Glenda Lipinski, appeals from the sentence imposed following her conviction of driving under the influence (DUI), 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731. She raises several challenges to the constitutionality of Act 63 with respect to...
Commonwealth v. Ogrod - 12/30/2003
Walter Ogrod (Appellant) appeals his convictions at his second trial for murder in the first degree, and attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, as well as the imposition of the penalty of death by the Court of Common...
Martin v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 12/30/2003
James T. Martin (Appellant) appeals from an Order of the Commonwealth Court affirming an Order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) denying him administrative relief from the recalculation of his maximum term...
McKinley v. Commonwealth - 12/18/2003
This appeal follows our remand to the Commonwealth Court for additional review of the validity of an administrative driver's license suspension under the Implied Consent Law, which was predicated on an extraterritorial encounter...
Pekar v. Commonwealth - 12/17/2003
Elizabeth D. Pekar (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) dismissing Licensee's statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege imposed by the...
Cerqueira v. Commonwealth - 12/17/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the February 14, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Keith Cerqueira...
Miles v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 12/17/2003
Patrick W. Miles (Miles) petitions for review of a May 29, 2003 decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that denied his request for administrative relief of a Board order recommitting Miles to a state...
Commonwealth v. Bowman - 12/15/2003
1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Commonwealth"), appeals from an Order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County on March 17, 2003. We reverse and remand with instructions.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY ...
Wareham v. State Board of Probation and Parole - 12/5/2003
The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) has filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and raising failure of compliance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure to an action in mandamus filed by...
Thornburn v. Commonwealth - 12/5/2003
Submitted: October 31, 2003
Russell B. Thorburn (Thorburn) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County that denied his appeal of the suspension of his operating privileges by the Department of Motor...
Commonwealth v. Paolino - 12/2/2003
1 Richard Paolino appeals from his judgment of sentence of 30 to 120 years of imprisonment and a fine of $375,000.00 imposed on him following conviction of insurance fraud, conspiracy to practice osteopathic medicine without a...
Commonwealth v. Randal - 12/1/2003
1 This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon William Jesse Randal (Appellant) after he pled guilty to two counts of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(a)(1) and (4), one count of Receiving Stolen...
Kinsey v. Commonwealth - 11/18/2003
Jeffrey Kinsey (Licensee) appeals from the February 25, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal of a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the...
Zimmerman v. Commonwealth - 11/18/2003
Scott G. Zimmerman (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) dismissing his statutory appeal from a one-year license suspension issued by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of...
Miller v. Commonwealth - 11/14/2003
Laverne Miller appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) denying her appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver...
In re Turman - 11/14/2003
Attorney Registration No. 73655 (Allegheny County)
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: ...
Meade v. Commonwealth - 11/13/2003
SUBMITTED: October 10, 2003
Richard Meade appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that denied Meade's appeal of a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department...
Hopkins v. Commonwealth - 11/13/2003
Clark J. Hopkins (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), dismissing his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Commonwealth v. Murray - 11/13/2003
1 This is an appeal from the denial of a first request for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§9541-9546. We affirm.
2 On December 22, 2000, appellant-Murray entered a counseled...
Mahon v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board - 11/10/2003
Lawrence Mahon (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the petition to review compensation benefits...
Beck v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review - 11/10/2003
David J. Beck (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying benefits under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).
Claimant was employed full-time by Dairy...
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