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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Ciaverelli v. Commonwealth - 6/24/2002
John Ciaverelli (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) dismissing his appeal and sustaining the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Cohen v. Commonwealth - 6/24/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals after remand from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which sustained the statutory appeal of Dewitt Cohen from a one-year...
Commonwealth v. Burke - 6/21/2002
1 In this case of first impression, Roger Brown as Bail Surety, appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County forfeiting $2,500 surety on behalf of Henry Charles Burke to the County of Wyoming. We...
Smith v. Commonwealth - 6/20/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County that sustained James Howard Smith's appeal from a one-year license suspension imposed as a...
Warfel v. Commonwealth - 6/12/2002
Mark E. Warful (petitioner), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, dismissing the statutory appeal of his driver's license suspension. Petitioner asks us to determine whether there was sufficient...
Brozena v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
Submitted: February 8, 2002
Stephen L. Brozena (Brozena) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) which dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating...
Monohan v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau), appeals from an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas order that sustained the appeal of Colleen M. Monohan (Licensee) from the Bureau's one-year suspension of...
Odorisio v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
Bernard Odorisio (Licensee) appeals from the August 3, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to the license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Kane v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
Christopher J. Kane (Licensee) appeals from the May 11, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to a license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Mooney v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
James M. Mooney (Licensee) appeals from the May 11, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's appeal from a license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...
Tenuto v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
John J. Tenuto (Licensee) appeals from the May 11, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to a license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...
Wilson v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
Ellyn T. Wilson (Licensee) appeals from the May 11, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's challenge to a license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...
Rodriguez v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
Manuel Torres Rodriguez (Licensee) appeals from the April 20, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Licensee's appeal from a license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Gillespie v. Commonwealth - 6/11/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) petitions for review of an August 3, 2000, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), granting Sherry...
Ieradi v. Commonwealth - 6/10/2002
Patricia Ieradi (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) sustaining the one-year suspension of her driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Jarolin v. Commonwealth - 6/10/2002
Michael Jarolin 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,...
Moser v. Department of Transportation - 6/7/2002
Ryan M. Moser seeks review of a final order of the Secretary of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Secretary) that established Moser's credit date for service of the suspension of his driving privilege as January 20,...
Evans v. Commonwealth - 6/6/2002
Robert Evans (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), dismissing his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Crowley v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 6/5/2002
James Crowley (Licensee) appeals from the July 13, 2001, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which affirmed the suspension of Licensee's driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Hepp v. Commonwealth - 6/4/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of Joseph F. Hepp (Licensee) from a one-year...
Ko v. Commonwealth - 5/31/2002
Hyun S. Ko (Licensee) appeals from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) affirming the suspension of her driver's license under the Implied Consent Law, Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle Code...
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association v. Pennsylvania State Police - 5/31/2002
Argued: April 9, 2002
Petitioners Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) and Thomas Scales petition for review of the September 4, 2001 order of the Pennsylvania State Police Board of Appeals (Board) that affirmed a...
Commonwealth v. Demark - 5/31/2002
Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth), appeals the order entered on April 20, 2001, granting the motion to suppress filed by Appellee, Mary Nicole DeMark. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
The...
Burke v. Commonwealth - 5/24/2002
William E. Burke (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) dismissing Licensee's statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the...
Bowers v. Commonwealth - 5/24/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), sustaining the statutory appeal of Joseph A. Bowers (Licensee) from the...
Hillier v. Commonwealth - 5/23/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the September 18, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County that sustained Appellee Wayne William...
Ernst v. Commonwealth - 5/22/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained the statutory appeal of James Ernst from a one-year suspension of his...
Siekierde v. Commonwealth - 5/22/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of November 21, 2001 of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that upheld Appellee John Siekierda's...
Schwartz v. Commonwealth - 5/22/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Richard J. Schwartz (Licensee) from the...
Commonwealth v. Krouse - 5/20/2002
ORIE MELVIN, LALLY-GREEN, TODD, BENDER and BOWES, JJ.
1 Frank Lee Krouse appeals from the judgment of sentence following his conviction for indecent assault and the trial court's determination that he is a "sexually violent...
[W] Commonwealth v. Bryan - 5/20/2002
OPINION WITHDRAWN; application for reargument granted on July 19, 2002.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPELLANT v. WILLIAM L. BRYAN, APPELLEE
Appeal from the Order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County,...
Bezak v. Commonwealth - 5/20/2002
Emery L. Bezak, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) upholding the suspension of his driver's license under the Implied Consent Law, Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle...
Commonwealth v. Mack - 5/20/2002
ARGUED: October 16, 2001
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
We granted this appeal to decide the validity of a consent to search when the police inform the suspect that they would obtain a search warrant if the...
Pollard v. Unemployment Compenstation Board of Review - 5/20/2002
William M. Pollard (Claimant) appeals an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him benefits for voluntarily leaving work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. We affirm. ...
Commonwealth v. Carmody - 5/15/2002
1 In this Commonwealth appeal the question we examine is whether a witness's signed and adopted statement may be admitted as substantive evidence at a preliminary hearing despite the witness's claim that the statement is unreliable...
Simeone v. Commonwealth - 5/15/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), sustaining the statutory appeal of Mark Simeone (Licensee) from the one-year...
Kline v. Commonwealth - 5/15/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County sustaining Kenneth C. Kline's (Licensee) statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his...
Commonwealth v. Alsop - 5/14/2002
1 This is an appeal filed by Philip Alsop (Appellant) from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. This followed Appellant's conviction and sentencing for various crimes including...
Commonwealth v. Descar - 5/7/2002
1 This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed following a jury trial in which Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731 and the summary offense of driving...
Thompson v. Commonwealth - 5/6/2002
At a de novo hearing, Lieutenant Michelle Krempasky (Lt. Krempasky) of the Borough of Wilkinsburg Police Department testified that on July 2, 2000, at approximately 1:00 a.m. she observed "a white Chevy Corsica proceed through a...
Clough v. Commonwealth - 5/3/2002
Thomas Clough appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County that denied his appeal from a license suspension imposed on him by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT). We affirm...
Warner v. Commonwealth - 5/3/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained Scott Warner's appeal of the Bureau's one-year suspension of his operating privileges....
Pass v. Commonwealth - 5/3/2002
Ordered published August 23, 2002.
JOSEPH SANTINO PASS v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, APPELLANT
Before: Honorable Dan Pellegrini, Judge, Honorable Renee Cohn,...
Fleig v. Commonwealth - 5/2/2002
William A. Fleig (Licensee) appeals pro se from the October 11, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which dismissed Licensee's statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his driver's license...
Niedermayer v. Commonwealth - 5/1/2002
Thomas Niedermayer (Licensee) appeals from the April 20, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which affirmed the one-year suspension of Licensee's driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth...
Commonwealth v. Gillen - 4/30/2002
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County following Appellant's conviction on the charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault under 18 Pa.C.S.A. §...
Moser v. Commonwealth - 4/30/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court), sustaining the statutory appeal of Joseph W. Moser...
[W] Commonwealth v. Magliocco - 4/30/2002
OPINION WITHDRAWN; The application for reconsideration was granted on June 14, 2002.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPELLEE v. ERIC J. MAGLIOCCO, APPELLANT
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence entered April 14, 2000, In...
Commonwealth v. Laird - 4/24/2002
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after the Court of Common Pleas of Perry County convicted Appellant for driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUI"), driving while operating privilege is suspended--DUI...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Anonymous - 4/19/2002
No. 747 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
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...
Langford v. Commonwealth - 4/18/2002
George P. Langford (Licensee) appeals from the March 22, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal of a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the...
Singleton v. Commonwealth - 4/17/2002
Thomas Lee Singleton (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, (trial court) which dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the...
Pennsylvania State Police v. Klimek - 4/15/2002
The Pennsylvania State Police (Police) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (trial court) which denied the Police's motion for full or partial summary judgment. We affirm.
On February 24, 1996,...
Mojave v. Comando Games - 4/12/2002
Our Supreme Court and this court have concluded that the statutory framework in place does not pose an equal protection violation. See McCafferty, 563 Pa. at 160, 758 A.2d at 1162
Since Mojave has demostrated to present a meritorious...
Januchowski v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board - 4/12/2002
David Januchowski petitions for review of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board order affirming the denial of his claim petition pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Workers' Compensation Law, and grant of the joinder petition filed...
Griffin v. Commonwealth - 4/11/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County that sustained the appeal of Edward Griffin, Sr., from a one-year suspension of his...
Krause v. Commonwealth - 4/10/2002
Frank J. Krause (Licensee) appeals from the June 12, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege that the Department of...
Marsico v. Dibileo - 4/9/2002
1 Diane Marsico appeals the judgment entered on January 26, 2001 by the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. In this case we are called upon to determine whether Section 3321 of the Motor Vehicle Code pertaining to vehicle...
Solomon v. Commonwealth - 4/9/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court) that sustained John Solomon's appeal from a one-year suspension of his...
Leach v. Commonwealth - 4/9/2002
This is an appeal by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, (DOT) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that upheld the appeal of Edward Blaine Leach (Licensee) from the one year...
Ziringer v. Commonwealth - 4/5/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained the appeal of Colleen Ziringer from a license suspension imposed by DOT. We...
Miller v. Commonwealth - 4/5/2002
Ordered published July 31, 2002.
ROBERT T. MILLER v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, APPELLANT
Before: Honorable Joseph T. Doyle, Senior Judge *fn1, Honorable...
Hey v. Commonwealth - 4/5/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained the appeal of William Hey from a one-year suspension of his operating...
Kaelin v. Commonwealth - 4/5/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained Gerard Kaelin's appeal of a one-year suspension of his operating privileges. We...
Drudy v. Commonwealth - 4/5/2002
SUBMITTED: January 11, 2002
SENIOR JUDGE DOYLE
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained Michael Drudy's appeal...
Price v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 4/4/2002
Phillip Price (Price) petitions for review from the July 17, 2001 decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that denied his request for administrative review of a Board order recommitting him to serve...
Cline v. Commonwealth - 4/4/2002
SENIOR JUDGE DOYLE
Charles Edward Cline appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, which dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his driver's license. The Department of...
Books v. Commonwealth - 3/28/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County (trial court) directing that the license suspension period for Steven E. Books (Licensee) be...
Kulp v. Commonwealth - 3/28/2002
Submitted: January 11, 2002
Michael Kulp (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (Trial Court) dismissing his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the...
Tustin v. Commonwealth - 3/27/2002
On May 2, 2001, William F. Tustin (Tustin) was convicted in New Jersey of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor/drugs on February 16, 2001. On May 28, 2001, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Tacoma v. Commonwealth - 3/25/2002
Ray Tacoma (Licensee) appeals from the October 29, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which dismissed Licensee's challenge to the one-year suspension of his driver's license imposed by the...
Venafro v. Commonwealth - 3/25/2002
Submitted: February 8, 2002
John A. Venafro (Licensee) appeals from the August 17, 2001 order of the Court of Commons Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal from the Department of...
Hoffa v. Commonwealth - 3/22/2002
Submitted: February 8, 2002
OPINION NOT REPORTED
This is an appeal by Mark Alan Hoffa (Licensee) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one year...
Christenson v. Commonwealth - 3/20/2002
Larry Christenson (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) denying his request for reinstatement of his operating privilege after a one-year suspension imposed by the Department of...
Coleman v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 3/20/2002
Randall C. Coleman (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County (trial court) affirming the suspension of his driver's license pursuant to the Implied Consent Law, Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle...
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