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. Dale - 11/6/2003
1 Appellant, James John Dale ("Dale"), appeals from the Judgment of Sentence entered on March 5, 2003, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, following his conviction of attempt and conspiracy to commit first degree...
Dzvonick v. Commonwealth - 11/5/2003
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 Robert Edward Dzvonick (Dzvonick)...
McCord v. Commonwealth - 11/3/2003
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 (trial court), which sustained the statutory appeal of Edward L....
Commonwealth v. McCloskey - 10/31/2003
1 Judith Claire McCloskey was convicted of three counts of involuntary manslaughter after dozens of teenagers attended a beer party in her home and three of them died in an automobile accident after leaving the party. Among other...
Waite v. Commonwealth - 10/29/2003
Submitted: August 29, 2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (common pleas court) dated January 30, 2003, which ordered that...
Kreamer v. Department of Corrections - 10/27/2003
JUDGE FRIEDMAN
The Department of Corrections (Department) has filed preliminary objections to the petition for review (Petition) filed by Michael Steven Kreamer (Kreamer) in this court's original jurisdiction. Kreamer has filed...
Commonwealth v. Gimbara - 10/23/2003
1 Appellant, Bryan E. Gimbara, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on October 8, 2002, following his conviction for driving under a suspended license (DUI related) ("DUS-DUI"). We affirm.
2 The trial court stated...
Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. v. Fackler - 10/22/2003
1 Zekarias Dermas and Fireweini Haile appeal the December 10, 2002, Order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Donegal Mutual Insurance Company, in this declaratory judgment action. The Order effectively enforces a...
Bakker v. Commonwealth - 10/21/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Jeanne Bakker (Ms. Bakker) from a one-year suspension of...
Townsend v. Commonwealth - 10/21/2003
Peter Townsend (Townsend) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) that denied his appeal from a one year suspension of his operating privilege pursuant to Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle...
Finnegan v. Commonwealth - 10/17/2003
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...
Weston v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 10/17/2003
Before us for consideration is Maurice Weston's appeal from an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) denying his petition for administrative review of a recalculation order because it was not timely filed. ...
Commonwealth v. Mockaitis - 10/16/2003
ARGUED: November 14, 2001
OPINION OF THE COURT
This is a direct appeal from the decision of a three-judge panel of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County granting limited post-sentence relief following appellee's...
Tompkins v. Commonwealth - 10/15/2003
Herein, the Court addresses whether a licensee's untimely filing of an appeal should permit the Department of Transportation (DOT) to suspend the licensee's operating privilege pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. §7002(b) ("Ignition Interlock...
Eichelberger v. Commonwealth - 10/14/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) sustaining Teresa A. Eichelberger's (Licensee's) appeal from PennDot's mandate...
Commonwealth v. Robinson - 10/14/2003
1 In this case we decide whether a deaf mute driver has a right to a certified interpreter at a DUI checkpoint before he may be asked to perform field sobriety tests. We hold that he does not, and affirm the judgment of sentence. ...
Commonwealth v. Freidl - 10/10/2003
1 Appellant, Frank T. Freidl, Jr. ("Freidl"), appeals from a judgment of sentence entered October 30, 2002, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
2 The facts of...
Commonwealth v. West - 10/10/2003
1 In this appeal we must determine whether the trial court properly refused to suppress the results of two blood alcohol tests performed on Appellant at two different hospitals following a motor vehicle accident. We hold the trial...
White v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 10/10/2003
Submitted: August 29, 2003
Richard White (Petitioner) appeals an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that recommitted him to serve six months as a convicted parole violator for driving under the...
Pennsylvania State Police v. Klimek - 10/10/2003
The Pennsylvania State Police (State Police) appeal from an interlocutory order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (trial court) denying its motion for summary judgment wherein it argued that Stanley and Shirley...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Halterman - 10/9/2003
Attorney Registration No. 69307 (Philadelphia)
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: ...
Robinson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 10/9/2003
Robert E. Robinson (Robinson) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) which denied his request for administrative relief. Robinson's Counsel has filed an application for leave to...
Hogans v. Commonwealth v. Department of Transportation - 10/9/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County (trial court) which denied DOT's motion to quash and ordered DOT to restore the operating privilege...
Conrad v. Commonwealth - 10/9/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which denied in part and sustained in part the...
Harms v. Commonwealth - 10/9/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the March 14, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, which sustained Micah D. Harms' (Licensee)...
Tullo v. Commonwealth - 10/8/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (common pleas) that sustained the statutory appeal of Joseph Tullo and reversed the...
Booz v. Commonwealth - 10/7/2003
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...
Vathis v. Commonwealth - 10/6/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the February 14, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court), which sustained Randall C....
Dolphin v. Commonwealth - 10/6/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the March 25, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that sustained an appeal on behalf of Deanna Beth Dolphin...
White v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 10/1/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which removed the provision regarding the ignition...
Borough v. Tullytown Borough Police Benevolent Association - 9/29/2003
Tullytown Borough Police Benevolent Association (Association) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that reversed an arbitrator's award which determined that the matter of the dismissal of Officer Ronald...
Commonwealth v. Allen - 9/29/2003
1 Brooks W. Allen appeals the order entered August 5, 2002 by the York County Court of Common Pleas dismissing his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act ("PCRA"). We affirm.
2 The factual and procedural...
Commonwealth v. Carter - 9/26/2003
Application for reargument was granted on December 5, 2003.
Appellant, Alfonso F. Carter, has taken this appeal from the Order of the trial court that dismissed his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42...
Commonwealth v. Faust - 9/24/2003
ARGUED: December 4, 2002
ORDER
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.
Former Chief Justice Zappala did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Mr. Justice Eakin files a...
Zwibel v. Commonwealth - 9/24/2003
Daniel Zwibel appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) denying his appeal from the suspension of his operator's license. We affirm and remand for assessment of reasonable counsel fees...
Kilgore v. Commonwealth - 9/24/2003
This case involves application of the reporting requirements of the Interstate Driver's License Compact to documentation sent from the licensing authority of the state of New Mexico to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Driver Licensing...
Gordon v. Beard - 9/24/2003
Before this Court are the preliminary objections in the form of the demurrer filed by Respondents Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), and Harry Wilson, Superintendent of the State...
Scheifley v. Commonwealth - 9/18/2003
David M. Scheifley (Licensee) appeals from the February 13, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to the one year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the...
Bechdel v. Commonwealth - 9/17/2003
Duane L. Bechdel (Bechdel) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County (trial court) denying his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operator's license for refusing to submit to chemical testing pursuant to...
Commonwealth v. Taylor - 9/10/2003
SUBMITTED: February 3, 2003
Jeffrey Taylor (Taylor) appeals from an Order of the Superior Court, which affirmed an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (PCRA court) denying his petition for post-conviction...
Commonwealth v. Lana - 9/9/2003
1 On June 13, 1998, Philadelphia Officer Russell Shoemaker stopped appellant, Richard Lana, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DUI). In the course of providing the officer with his identification, a clear Baggie fell from...
Lohin v. Commonwealth - 9/9/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (common pleas court) that rescinded the ignition interlock requirement of Section 7002(b) of the...
Carey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 9/8/2003
Michael J. Carey (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) that denied his appeal of the one-year suspension of his driver's license imposed by the Department of...
Jessop Employees' Club v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board - 9/8/2003
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court), overruling the decision of the Board and directing the Board to renew the liquor license of Jessop...
Artman v. Commonwealth - 9/4/2003
Roy M. Artman appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County (common pleas), which sustained the one-year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver...
Cerqueria v. Commonwealth - 9/4/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) sustaining Keith Cerqueira's (Licensee) statutory appeal from PennDOT's...
Boyle v. Commonwealth - 9/3/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the February 14, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), which sustained Timothy Hugh...
Commonwealthv. Bolton - 8/25/2003
1 Appellant, Harry L. Bolton, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on October 21, 2002, following his convictions for driving a vehicle without proper financial responsibility and driving on a DUI related license...
Reisinger v. Commonwealth - 8/25/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of William P. Reisinger, Jr. (Reisinger) from...
Lesh v. Commonwealth - 8/22/2003
Connie D. Lesh (Lesh) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford County (trial court) that dismissed her appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege pursuant to Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle...
Bagnato v. Commonwealth - 8/20/2003
Christopher Bagnato appeals from the February 3, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the...
Armstrong v. Commonwealth - 8/20/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the December 17, 2002 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining Jon David Armstrong's (Licensee) appeal from DOT's...
Commonwealth v. Smith - 8/19/2003
1 Appellant, Karen Smith, appeals from the judgment of sentence of 48 hours to 18 months' incarceration imposed following her conviction of driving under the influence (DUI) and related summary offense. Appellant claims she...
Richwine v. Commonwealth - 8/15/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) which removed the provision regarding the...
Farrell v. Commonwealth - 8/13/2003
Michael J. Farrell appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (common pleas), which denied his appeal from the one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Bertovich v. Commonwealth - 8/13/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained the appeal of Christopher M. Bertovich from a one-year suspension of his...
South Hills Movers v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board - 8/13/2003
South Hills Movers (employer) appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying employer's petition to modify or suspend compensation benefits payable to Ervin Porter. The issue raised on appeal is...
Elder v. Commonwelth - 8/12/2003
James F. Elder (Elder) appeals from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County (trial court) dismissing his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege that was imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Foster v. Commonwealth - 8/11/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) which denied in part and sustained in part the appeal of Larry Lee Foster...
Garvey v. Commonwealth - 8/6/2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the October 24, 2002, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which sustained Timothy...
Navtisky v. Commonwealth - 8/5/2003
John J. Navitsky, Jr., appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, which sustained the one-year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver...
Ladzenski v. Commonwealth - 8/5/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which denied in part and sustained in part the appeal of Jarrod Ladzenski (Licensee)...
Hagan v. Commonwealth - 8/5/2003
Before the Court are the consolidated appeals of James Joseph Hagan and the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County. The trial court denied...
Commonwealth v. Bullick - 8/4/2003
1 Robert Bullick (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following the October 24, 2002 bench trial in which he was found guilty of the summary offense of reckless driving, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3736. We reverse.
2...
Gallagher v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 8/1/2003
Edward P. Gallagher (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), dismissing his appeal and reinstating the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Kuk v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 8/1/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), dated December 27, 2002, which sustained the appeal of Bruce A. Kuk (Kuk)...
A & L Investments v. Zoning Hearing Board of the City of McKeesport - 8/1/2003
Appellant A&L;Investments appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (Trial Court) which affirmed an order of the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of McKeesport (Board) denying Appellant's request for...
Lougham v. Commonwealth - 7/29/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of Sean J. Loughman (Licensee) from a...
Baxter v. Commonwealth - 7/29/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the February 25, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that sustained an appeal on behalf of Robert Baxter, Jr. from...
Kehoe v. Commonwealth - 7/23/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of William Nelson Kehoe (Licensee) from PennDOT's demand...
Commonwealth - 7/18/2003
1 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (the Department) appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, which directed the Department to expunge Appellees' driving records and pay...
Commonwealth v. Stevenson - 7/17/2003
The Commonwealth appeals the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County on June 10, 2002, denying the Commonwealth's motion for recusal. We reverse and remand to the trial court for proceedings consistent with this...
Smith v. Commonwealth - 7/16/2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Daniel J. Smith (Licensee) from a DOT order requiring...
McGrory v. Commonwealth - 7/16/2003
Submitted: May 2, 2003
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that sustained the appeal of James McGrory from the requirement...
Commonwealth v. Morris - 7/16/2003
1 Michael Joseph Morris (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following a conviction for driving under the influence. Appellant claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the...
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