In a previous post, we discussed the seriousness of underage drinking and underage DUI in Pennsylvania. There are many ways a qualified Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer can challenge these cases. From a Pennsylvania DUI lawyers point of view, we are concerned at looking at the Government’s case to see whether or not they can prove their…
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Underage DUI in Pennsylvania and Underage Drinking in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, underage drinking and underage DUI is fairly common. Under Pennsylvania DUI law, someone under 21 found to have a BAC over 0.02 is prosecuted as a High Rate DUI. (Please see our previous post on Pennsylvania DUI penalties for more details.) and a minor with a BAC over 0.00 can be charged with…
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How Do You Beat a DUI In Pennsylvania? The Truth
How do you Beat a DUI in Pennsylvania? As a Pennsylvania DUI Attorney I’m always running into someone new in my travels across the beautiful Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. From Harrisburg to Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and states beyond, one thing that stays the same is the “magic question” that everyone seems to…
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Omnibus Pretrial Motion: Was the DUI stop legal?
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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DUI on a Horse and Buggy: Funny (not really) but is it a legal arrest?
It seems that about once a year in the Harrisburg area someone gets arrested for a DUI while either riding a horse or while attempting to drive a horse and buggy. We had our latest one and it hit the national media. The national media was all over it, of course… Pa. police arrest Amish…
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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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Pennsylvania DUI Roadblocks
It is Thanksgiving. I am most thankful for our laws and the constitutions (both federal and state). Thanksgiving time always highlights to me how far away we may have gotten from our constitutions. Maybe because I am a Pennsylvania DUI Attorney and I do what I do every day I think in these terms. However, 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 talks about the DUI Statistics Game
It is that time of the year again in Harrisburg and all of Pennsylvania where we celebrate Thanksgiving by setting up roadblocks and by doing so to allow the Government to quasi-invade and violate our personal liberties and freedoms by stopping us along our lawful way. It seems that Pennsylvania DUI roadblocks are being announced…
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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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