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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McConnell v. Commonwealth - 11/2/2001
Timothy G. McConnell (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County (trial court) sustaining the one-year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department...
McGinn v. Commonwealth - 11/2/2001
Joseph McGinn (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County dismissing his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...
Ball v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole - 11/2/2001
Presently before this Court for disposition is an application for leave to withdraw appearance filed by James M. McClure, Esq., court appointed counsel for Robert J. Ball. Ball has petitioned this Court for review of an order of the...
Kiszka v. Commonwealth - 10/22/2001
Andrew T. Kiszka (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Bergen v. Commonwealth - 10/19/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver's Licensing (Department) appeals from the March 28, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Brian Kevin...
Harrington v. Commonwealth - 10/18/2001
Submitted: September 21, 2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) that sustained Lawrence...
DiPillo v. Commonwealth - 10/17/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Terese DiPillo (Licensee) from the...
Lueth v. Commonwealth - 10/17/2001
Michael Brian Lueth (Appellant) appeals a Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas order that dismissed his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his motor vehicle operating privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of...
Smiley v. Commonwealth - 10/17/2001
John Patrick Smiley appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Commonwealth v. Szebin - 10/12/2001
1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County following appellant's conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol. Upon review, we affirm.
2 The relevant facts...
Rago v. Commonwealth - 10/11/2001
Joseph Rago appeals from the one-year suspension of his operating privilege stemming from a New Jersey conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol.
On March 21, 2000, Rago was convicted in New Jersey of driving under...
Uplinger v. Commonwealth - 10/10/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County that sustained the statutory appeal of Jerry D. Uplinger (Licensee) from a one-year...
Strain v. Commonwealth - 10/9/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sustaining the statutory appeal of Thomas Strain (Licensee) from a one-year suspension of...
Maruhn v. Commonwealth - 10/9/2001
Michael T. Maruhn appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that affirmed the one-year suspension of his driving privileges resulting from a conviction in New Jersey for driving under the influence (DUI) in...
Corsino v. Commonwealth - 10/5/2001
Ephraim Corsino (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County dismissing his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...
Henderson v. Commonwealth - 10/5/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained Robbie Henderson's appeal from a one-year suspension of his...
Riling v. Commonwealth - 10/5/2001
Michael A. Riling (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County (trial court) that denied Licensee's statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Motz v. Commonwealth - 10/4/2001
Michael Motz appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County affirming the one-year suspension of his driving privileges resulting from the conviction in New Jersey for driving under the influence (DUI) in...
Commonwealth v. Eby - 10/4/2001
1 This direct appeal has been taken from the judgment of sentence to serve a term of imprisonment of from six months to eighteen months, imposed after appellant, David Eby, pleaded guilty to the offense of possession with intent to...
Shellman v. Commonwealth - 10/1/2001
Gary E. Shellman (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County (trial court), dismissing his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the Department of...
Creedon v. Commonwealth - 10/1/2001
In these consolidated appeals, Thomas J. Creedon and Patrick S. Campbell appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County dismissing their statutory appeals from the one-year suspension of their driving...
Fetty v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2001
As amended October 2, 2001.
JEFFREY RONALD FETTY, APPELLANT v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING
Before: Honorable Doris A. Smith, Judge, Honorable James R. Kelley,...
Tully v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2001
Kenneth E. Tully (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Cole v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2001
Patrick Cole appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, which dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...
Baker v. Commonwealth - 9/27/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which sustained the appeal of Denae L. Baker from a one-year suspension...
Brickner v. Commowealth - 9/27/2001
Robert James Brickner (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County (trial court) which denied his appeal from the one-year suspension of his operating privileges imposed by the Department of...
Braho v. Commonwealth - 9/26/2001
David Braho (Braho) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court) that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation,...
Brock v. Commonwealth - 9/26/2001
William H. Brock, Jr., (licensee) appeals from the June 28, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court) that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed...
Long v. Commonwealth - 9/25/2001
James A. Long (Licensee) appeals from the March 30, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), which dismissed Licensee's challenge to a one-year driver's license suspension imposed by the Commonwealth...
Heany v. Commonwealth - 9/19/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from a November 28, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), which sustained Richard Francis...
Commonwealth - 9/19/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from a determination of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), sustaining the statutory appeal of Dawn Janeen Conklin (Licensee), from...
Case v. Commonwealth - 9/17/2001
Marilou Case (Licensee) appeals from the March 22, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), which denied Licensee's statutory appeal from the one-year driver's license suspension imposed by the...
Jarrett v. Commonwealth - 9/14/2001
John Jarrett (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) denying his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau...
Ferrelli v. Commonwealth - 9/14/2001
BEFORE: HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Judge, HONORABLE ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Judge, HONORABLE JIM FLAHERTY, Senior Judge
Submitted: July 13, 2001
Sharon Ferrelli and Philip W. Mercer, Sr. (Licensees) appeal from the orders of...
Bernecky v. Commonwealth - 9/13/2001
Frank Thomas Bernecky (Bernecky) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County (trial court) that denied Bernecky's appeal from the one-year suspension of his operator's license.
On July 10, 2000, Bernecky was...
Barlow v. Commonwealth - 9/12/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from a decision of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas sustaining the appeal of Lawrence Robert Barlow (Licensee) from the suspension of his operating...
Fuchs v. Commonwealth - 9/12/2001
Thomas Albert Fuchs (Licensee) appeals from the December 14, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that denied Licensee's statutory appeal from the Department of Transportation's (Department's)...
Gicker v. Commonwealth - 9/12/2001
Catherine P. Gicker (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), dismissing her appeal and directing the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) to reinstate...
Thompson v. Commonwealth - 9/12/2001
Fred Thompson (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County upholding the suspension of his operating privilege by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), which was...
Jones v. Commonwealth - 9/10/2001
Thomas R. Jones, III appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) denying his appeal from the suspension of his operator's license. We affirm.
By official notice, Jones was informed by...
Wenger v. Commonwealth - 9/10/2001
Scott T. Wenger (Wenger) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County upholding the suspension of Wenger's motor vehicle operating privileges by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing...
Myketey v. Commonwealth - 9/7/2001
Andrew D. Myketey II (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Department of...
Murphy v. Commonwealth - 9/7/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the February 8, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County sustaining the appeal of Patrick V. Murphy (Licensee) from a one-year...
Leonard v. Commonwealth - 9/7/2001
Daniel I. Leonard (Leonard) appeals from the one-year suspension of his operating privilege stemming from a Maine conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants. We affirm.
On January 13,...
McCrea v. Commonwealth - 8/31/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Robert L. McCrea, Jr. from the suspension of his...
Commonwealth v. Richardson - 8/31/2001
1 The Commonwealth appeals from October 3, 2000 order dismissing the charges against William Richardson, Appellee, and discharging him. We affirm.
2 The undisputed facts, taken from the trial court opinion, are as follows. ...
Murphy v. Commonwealth - 8/30/2001
This matter is before the Court on the appeal of John C. Murphy (Appellant) from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, which dismissed Appellant's statutory appeal of his one-year license suspension by the...
Kane v. Commonwealth - 8/30/2001
Michael D. Kane (Licensee) appeals from the October 18, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), which denied Licensee's statutory appeal and directed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Niedelman v. Commonwealth - 8/30/2001
Philip E. Niedelman (Licensee) appeals from the March 30, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court), which dismissed Licensee's statutory appeal and reinstated the one year suspension of his operating...
Corkery v. Commonwealth - 8/30/2001
In these consolidated appeals, Maurice Corkery, Steven Hirsh, Timothy John Weaver, Richard Cava, William G. Kirkham, DeWitt Clinton Cox, IV, Eugene Jabkowski, Grigorios Karamitopoulos, Daniel Daley and Donald Nath (Appellants) appeal...
Jacobs v. Commonwealth - 8/30/2001
Donald Jacobs and John Joyce, Jr. (Appellants) appeal from the orders of the Courts of Common Pleas of Chester County and Delaware County, respectively, affirming the one-year suspensions of their driving privileges resulting from...
Blanchard v. Commonwealth - 8/29/2001
Norman L. Blanchard, Jr. (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (trial court) sustaining the one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...
Stiver v. Commonwealth - 8/28/2001
Submitted: July 27, 2001
James Roy Stiver (Stiver) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County (trial court) that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the...
Commonwealth v. Samuels - 8/28/2001
SUBMITTED: January 8, 2001
OPINION OF THE COURT
This appeal from a conviction for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol raises the issue of the state of mind necessary to support a conviction of...
Commonwealth v. Roche - 8/27/2001
Petition for Reargument Filed 09/10/2001
Petition for Reargument Denied 10/31/2001
1 Appellant, Sean Roche, appeals from his judgment of sentence of eleven and one-half (11-1/2) months to twenty three (23) months for his...
Whiteford v. Commonwealth - 8/24/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from the March 23, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of...
Miller v. Commonwealth - 8/21/2001
Lex Miller (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court) sustaining the one-year suspension of his driving privilege imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of...
Kleimenhagen v. Commonwealth - 8/17/2001
William F. Kleimenhagen (Kleimenhagen) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) that denied Kleimenhagen's appeal from the one-year suspension of his operator's license.
On May 10, 2000,...
Simbeck v. Commonwealth - 8/17/2001
Daniel Anthony Simbeck (Licensee) appeals from the October 12, 2000, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which dismissed his appeal challenging the suspension of his driving privileges by the...
Fitzsimmons v. Commonwealth - 8/16/2001
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the January 23, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court), which sustained the statutory...
Murray v. Commonwealth - 8/15/2001
Dennis Francis Murray (Murray) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that denied Murray's appeal from the one-year suspension of his operator's license.
On September 29, 1999, Murray...
Commonwealth v. Gano - 8/13/2001
Appellant Robert Gano appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on September 26, 2000, after the Court of Common Pleas of York County convicted him for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). Because we find that the lower...
Hitchen v. Commonwealth - 8/9/2001
Submitted: July 13, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
JUDGE COLINS
David L. Hitchen (Hitchen) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county (trial court) that dismissed his statutory appeal from a one- year...
O'Donnell v. Commonwealth - 8/9/2001
Submitted: June 8, 2001
Michael E. O'Donnell, Sr. (Licensee) appeals from the December 20, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) that dismissed Licensee's statutory appeal from the Department of...
Viol v. Commonwealth - 8/9/2001
Submitted: June 8, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
David M. Viol appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) denying his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating...
Sipper v. Commonwealth - 8/6/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained the appeal of Robert Foster Sipper, Jr. (Licensee) from a suspension of...
Kriess v. Commonwealth - 8/1/2001
Michael P. Kriess (Licensee) appeals from a determination of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court), dismissing his statutory appeal from the one-year suspension of his driving privileges imposed by the Department...
Postgate v. Commonwealth - 8/1/2001
As amended September 5, 2001.
RONALD D. POSTGATE, APPELLANT v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING
Before: Honorable Joseph T. Doyle, President Judge; Honorable Doris A....
Scarano v. Commonwealth - 7/31/2001
Robert G. Scarano (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of...
Gilbert v. Commonwealth - 7/31/2001
Megan Milne Gilbert (Licensee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County that dismissed her appeal from a one-year suspension of her operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of...
Leader v. Commonwealth - 7/31/2001
Ross E. Leader (Licensee) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that dismissed his appeal from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,...
Franks v. Commonwealth - 7/31/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal filed by Matthew Ryan Frank (Licensee)...
Coyle v. Commonwealth - 7/27/2001
John A. Coyle (Coyle) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which denied Coyle's appeal of the one-year suspension of his driver's license by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of...
Baux v. Commonwealth - 7/26/2001
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) that sustained the appeal of Stephen J. Baux (Licensee) from a...
Thal v. Commonwealth - 7/25/2001
Submitted: June 22, 2001
OPINION NOT REPORTED
Andrew Thal, et al. (Appellants) appeal the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that dismissed the Appellants' appeals from the one-year...
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