In our series What to Expect if You’re Expecting a DUI, we are taking an in depth look at the process you can expect to face if charged with a DUI in Pennsylvania. Last week we took a look at the Omnibus Pre-Trial Motion, and noted that this is an all encompassing motion wherein the…
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Pennsylvania DUI hypocrisy-BAC worse than being impaired
I just got off the phone with someone from Harrisburg who was accused of a Harrisburg DUI. They were wondering why they were charged with two counts of DUI. It is a question I get a lot. There are two theories of criminal liability that the Government can advance under when they charge someone with…
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What to Expect if You’re expecting a DUI: Omnibus Pretrial Motion
We have been examining the steps in the process that a good Pennsylvania DUI Attorney would take in professionally and aggressively handling a Pennsylvania DUI. The next step you can expect to face is the preparing and filing of the Omnibus Pretrial Motion. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this must be filed within 30 days…
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Pennsylvania DUI Attorney has the video that will forever prove that SFSTs are not valid
As a Pennsylvania DUI Attorney, I get asked a lot of questions when I meet people socially. I was just at the Harrisburg International Airport where my flight was delayed and I struck up a conversation with another modern day refugee who was now stranded with me as we cycled through what seemed like endless 15 minute…
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What to Expect if You’re Expecting… a DUI: The Discovery Phase
The Discovery Phase In my experience of representing thousands of DUI cases in Pennsylvania, I have found the discovery phase to be where the case is won or lost. An informal request for discovery must be made within 14 days after the formal arraignment. In many Pennsylvania counties, judges are not very particular about enforcing…
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Drive your car allegedly drunk, lose your family’s car—Amazing!
Can you imagine? You get accused of a DUI and then as a consequence on top of everything else, you forfeit your family’s car? Your friend loans you his or her car, you get stopped and arrested for a DUI and your friend loses his or her car? What sort of bizzaro world is this?…
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What to Expect if You’re expecting a DUI: The Formal Arraignment
In this series we take an in depth look at the legal processes and proceedings which take place after a person is charged with a DUI in Pennsylvania. Today’s post deals with the formal arraignment. A formal arraignment is when the government, in this case the Pennsylvania County in which the accused was arrested, informs…
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I am facing DUI charges, should I elect to take a Preliminary Hearing?
I am facing DUI charges, should I elect to take a Preliminary Hearing? In Pennsylvania, you have a choice as to whether or not to “take” a Preliminary Hearing. As a lawyer who has represented thousands of DUI cases, I always recommend taking a Preliminary Hearing, especially in DUI cases. As I have mentioned before,…
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What to Expect if You’re Expecting… a DUI
In this series we will examine the steps and stages you can expect to face if you are charged with a DUI in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Very often for someone charged with a DUI, it is their first encounter with the criminal justice system in PA. In this series we hope to alleviate some…
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Why Police Officers, Prosecutors, and Even DUI Defense Attorneys Are Scared to Drive?
I recently attended a seminar hosted by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The seminar was in Las Vegas and was entitled “DWI means Defend with Integrity”. The best and brightest minds in the DUI world including the top DUI attorneys and forensic experts gathered to discuss…
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