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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Brewer v. Commonwealth - 3/19/2002
SUBMITTED: August 17, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Joseph Brewer appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, dismissing his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his driving privilege. The...
Commonwealth v. Slonaker - 3/14/2002
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County following Appellant's conviction on the charge of Driving Under the Influence. Appellant contends (1) that the police officer did...
Gilroy v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation - 3/12/2002
James P. Gilroy (Gilroy) seeks review of the Secretary of Transportation's (Secretary) order denying Gilroy's exceptions to the Proposed Report of Hearing Officer Robert Bazdar (Hearing Officer).
The Hearing Officer made the...
McKinley v. Commonwealth - 3/11/2002
Argued: December 4, 2001
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has remanded this driver's license suspension appeal to this Court in McKinley v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 564 Pa. 565, 769 A.2d 1153...
Barone v. Commonwealth - 3/11/2002
Anthony Barone appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that dismissed his statutory appeal of a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Bureau of Driver Licensing (Bureau)...
Linderman v. Commonwealth - 3/8/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County that sustained the appeal of James L. Linderman, Jr. and reversed the Bureau's one-year...
City of Lower Burrell v. City of Lower Burrell Wage and Policy Committee - 3/8/2002
The City of Lower Burrell (City) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (common pleas court) that affirmed the decision of the arbitrator who awarded Lt. Carl H. Baker (Lt. Baker) one hundred...
McDonald v. Commonwealth - 3/6/2002
John J. McDonald, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which denied his appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Kasperski v. Commonwealth - 3/6/2002
David A. Kasperski (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court), dismissing his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Commonwealth v. Etheredge - 3/6/2002
Sandra Etheredge appeals from judgment of sentence entered June 20, 2001 following her conviction for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI). On appeal, she alleges that the trial court erred in denying her omnibus motion for...
Ball v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 3/5/2002
Submitted: January 7, 2002
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Presently before this Court for disposition is an amended application for leave to withdraw appearance filed by James M. McClure, Esq., court appointed counsel for Robert J....
Maltais v. Commonwealth - 2/27/2002
Submitted: January 18, 2002
OPINION NOT REPORTED
This is an appeal by Robert A. Maltais, III (Licensee) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one year...
Eager v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
Linda Eager (Eager) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), dated June 15, 2001, which denied Eager's appeal of a one year suspension of her operating privilege pursuant to Section...
Otto v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
Submitted: January 11, 2002
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court), sustaining the...
Green v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
Submitted: January 18, 2002
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Kenneth S. Green (Licensee) appeals from the July 31, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that denied Licensee's statutory appeal from...
Sites v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Kenneth Francis Sites from the suspension of his...
Dennery v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the December 1, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which granted the appeal of...
Costello v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
Submitted: December 21, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Dennis J. Costello, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from the July 24, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal from the...
Rodriquez v. Commonwealth - 2/22/2002
Johnny Rodriquez, Jr. (Rodriquez) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) that denied Rodriquez's appeal from the one-year suspension of his operator's license.
On October 25, 2000,...
Commonwealth v. Billings - 2/21/2002
This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, after a jury convicted Appellant, William Billings, of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol ("DUI"), 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(a)(1)....
Scott v. Commonwealth - 2/20/2002
SUBMITTED: March 21, 2001
In these consolidated appeals, Appellants Jarrett Carl Scott, Mathew S. Liero and Robert P. Neenan appeal from the orders of the Commonwealth Court affirming the dismissal of their statutory appeals from...
Commonwealth v. Sharp - 2/20/2002
This is an appeal from the April 16, 2001, one to two-year judgment of sentence imposed after the court determined this was the fourth conviction of driving while intoxicated (DUI) for the appellant, Dawn Marie Sharp. On appeal,...
Fine v. Commonwealth - 2/19/2002
Stephan L. Fine (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) dismissing his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Kennedy v. Commonwealth - 2/12/2002
Submitted: December 21, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
John Vincent Kennedy (Kennedy) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County (trial court) that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of...
Dragonette v. Commonwealth - 2/8/2002
Submitted: December 7, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Joseph Dragonette (Appellant) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, affirming the one-year suspension of his driving privileges resulting...
Shreve v. Commonwealth - 2/8/2002
Submitted: December 28, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Johnny C. Shreve, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which dismissed his statutory appeal from a...
Commonwealth v. Wegley - 2/6/2002
The Commonwealth appeals from a pre-trial order which dismissed the charge of escape filed against appellee when he violated the terms of his intermediate punishment by leaving his residence and cutting an electronic monitoring...
Stiles Commonwealth - 2/4/2002
Submitted: December 28, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County...
Medina v. Commonwealth - 1/30/2002
Arthur M. Medina (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County (trial court) sustaining the one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Fox v. Commonwealth - 1/28/2002
George E. Fox, III (Licensee) appeals from the May 14, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) that denied Licensee's statutory appeal from the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) one-year suspension...
Commonwealth v. Seibert - 1/24/2002
Petition for Reargument Filed February 7, 2002. Petition for Reargument Denied April 2, 2002.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPELLEE v. CLAIR E. SEIBERT, JR., APPELLANT
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence January 24,...
Pennsylvania State Police v. Grogan - 1/18/2002
Herein we must consider the juxtaposition of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (State Act), 18 Pa. C.S. §6101, and the Federal Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. §922(g), on the civil rights of the citizens of our Commonwealth. We...
Symons v. Commonwealth - 1/18/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that granted the appeal of Stephen Symons (Licensee) from a one-year...
Cherenyack v. Commonwealth - 1/15/2002
Christopher Cherenyack appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County that dismissed his appeal of a one-year suspension of his driving privileges for failing to submit to chemical testing pursuant to Section...
Seddon v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1/15/2002
Robert Seddon (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), dismissing his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Schneider v. Commonwealth - 1/11/2002
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining Albert John Schneider's (Schneider)...
Henry v. Commonwealth - 1/7/2002
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained the license suspension appeal of Thomas O. Henry. The issue on appeal...
Waters v. Commonwealth - 1/4/2002
Deborah R. Waters (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) denying her statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Commonwealth v. Firman - 12/31/2001
1 The Commonwealth appeals the trial court's order suppressing the evidence seized by an Allegheny County Port Authority Transit (PAT) Officer following the warrantless arrest of Appellee for violating the motor vehicle code. The...
In re Anonymous - 12/28/2001
PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT
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...
Cosden v. Commonwealth - 12/21/2001
Daniel Cosden (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), denying Licensee's statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Nelson v. Commonwealth - 12/21/2001
Roxanna L. Nelson (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court), dismissing her statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of her operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Godfrey v. Commonwealth - 12/20/2001
Jeffrey Godfrey appeals the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County order denying his statutory appeal of the suspension of his operating privilege stemming from a May 2000, New York conviction for driving while ability impaired...
McNamara v. Commonwealth - 12/20/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the May 21, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court), which sustained Ellen A. McNamara's...
Kanavy v. Commonwealth - 12/19/2001
Thomas Kanavy (Kanavy) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that denied Kanavy's appeal from the one-year suspension of his operator's license.
On June 13, 2000, Kanavy was...
Staton v. Commonwealth - 12/14/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) that sustained Rodman S. Staton's (Staton) appeal from...
Merion v. Commonwealth - 12/14/2001
Mark B. Merion appeals from the order of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas dismissing his appeal from a one-year suspension of his driving privilege. The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing suspended...
Foley v. Commonwealth - 12/12/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuykill County which sustained the statutory appeal of John Foley from a one-year suspension of his...
Blumhardt v. Commonwealth - 12/12/2001
Michael J. Blumhardt (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which denied his appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Cook v. Commonwealth - 12/11/2001
Submitted: November 2, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Margaret Cook (Licensee) appeals from the June 11, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) that denied her statutory appeal of a one-year...
Quinn v. Commonwealth - 12/11/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDot) has filed consolidated appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) sustaining the appeals of...
Commonwealth v. Newsome - 12/6/2001
1 Appellant, Scott James Newsome, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol while blood alcohol content is 0.10% or greater in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. §...
Comfort v. Commonwealth - 12/5/2001
SUBMITTED: October 26, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
In these consolidated appeals, licensees Thomas A. Comfort and Charles R. Clarke, Jr., appeal from the orders of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas dismissing each...
Commonwealth v. Swartz - 12/4/2001
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of two to twenty-four months, less one day, of incarceration imposed upon Appellant after he was convicted, at a non-jury trial, of driving under the influence of alcohol. A divided...
Commonwealth v. Gleason - 11/30/2001
We granted allowance of appeal in this case to determine whether an arresting officer possesses reasonable and articulable grounds to believe that a licensee violated a provision of the Vehicle Code, warranting the stop of the...
Hoenisch v. Commonwealth - 11/30/2001
In this case we consider whether a conviction pursuant to the provision in the North Carolina Impaired Driving Statute, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle when the driver has a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or more,...
Commonwealth v. Wituszynski - 11/29/2001
SUBMITTED: January 17, 2001
OPINION OF THE COURT
The issue on appeal is whether a police officer had reasonable and articulable grounds to stop appellant's vehicle after the officer saw appellant leave the roadway, travel...
Chrisman v. Commonwealth - 11/26/2001
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Neil Chrisman from...
French v. Commonwealth - 11/21/2001
Robert K. French (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County (trial court) denying his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Dominick v. Commonwealth - 11/20/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the March 28, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court), which granted Michael D....
Kendrick v. Commonwealth - 11/16/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing ("Department") appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of Karl Allen Kendrick ("Licensee") from a...
Wright v. Commonwealth - 11/16/2001
Terry Lynn Wright (Wright) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the Forty-First Judicial District, Perry County Branch, that denied his appeal from a suspension of his driver's license for a period of one year by the...
Purkis v. Commonwealth - 11/16/2001
Francis F. Purkis, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the...
McLaughlin v. Commonwealth - 11/16/2001
Eugene McLaughlin, Joseph Gavarone, Anthony Verratti, Ian Crooks and John Kerwood, Jr. (Collectively, Appellants) appeal the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which denied Appellants' appeals of...
Trevlyn v. Commonwealth - 11/15/2001
Submitted: September 28, 2001
Richard L. Trevlyn (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court), dismissing Licensee's statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his...
Moran v. Commonwealth - 11/15/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which granted the petition of William...
Huey v. Wallish - 11/15/2001
Gary E. Huey (Appellant) appeals pro se from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County (trial court), granting preliminary objections and dismissing Appellant's civil complaint against Attorney Wallish, Attorney...
Sweet v. Commonwealth - 11/13/2001
This matter is on remand from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for consideration in light of the Court's ruling in Commonwealth v. McCafferty, 563 Pa. 146, 758 A.2d 1155 (2000), and Harrington v. Department of Transportation, Bureau...
Commonwealth v. Donaldson - 11/13/2001
1 This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon Appellant after he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, namely, heroin. Appellant raises a single issue, whether the court erred in failing to suppress...
Hancher v. Commonwealth - 11/13/2001
Jeremy W. Hancher (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which denied his appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Zelno v. Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12 Board of Directors - 11/8/2001
Argued: October 17, 2001
Nancy J. Zelno (Zelno) appeals from a decision of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) affirming the decision of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12 (Board) to dismiss her...
Bower v. Commonwealth - 11/8/2001
Submitted: July 27, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that...
Mullin v. Commonwealth - 11/7/2001
Submitted: August 24, 2001
Linda Mullin appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, which dismissed Mullin's statutory appeal of her one-year license suspension by the Department of Transportation,...
Commonwealth v. Ortiz - 11/5/2001
1 Alberto Ortiz appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following his conviction of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving...
DiSabatino v. Commonwealth - 11/5/2001
Jean DiSabatino (DiSabatino) and Susan Erle (Erle) appeal from separate orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that dismissed their statutory appeals of one-year suspensions of their operating...
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