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State Police Crack Down on York County Drunk Drivers

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According to the York Daily Record, state police in York County made 747 DUI arrests in 2012, which is the most made in York County, and perhaps in the state, in any given year. State police troopers are focused on stopping impaired drivers in York County, whether they are driving drunk at night or driving under the influence of drugs during daytime hours. In recent years, law enforcement officials have seen an increase in the number of drivers under the influence of prescription or illegal drugs, with marijuana being one of the most common types of drugs found during DUI traffic stops.

This phenomenon is occurring not just in York County, but statewide, with statistics showing that 31% of the total DUI arrests made in Pennsylvania in 2012 involved drug use, for a total of 14,000 DUI-drug arrests. This percentage increased from 28% of the total Pennsylvania DUI arrests made in 2011.… Read More

Pennsylvania State Rep Appeals DUI Conviction

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The Philadelphia Sunday Sun recently reported that current Democratic State Representative Cherelle L. Parker was found guilty of DUI after a short trial before former Montgomery County Court president judge S. Gerald Corso that involved no testimony by witnesses. However, Parker’s sentence, which consists of three days in jail, suspension of her driver’s license for one year, and a $1,000 fine, was stayed pending an appeal to the Superior Court. As your Pennsylvania DUI lawyer well knows, Parker’s sentence includes penalties that are typical in PA DUI cases.

Parker’s criminal charges stemmed from a 2011 incident in which police reportedly stopped Parker after she drove the wrong way down a one-way street. Police allegedly observed that Parker’s eyes appeared bloodshot and glassy, her breath smelled like alcohol, she had difficulty getting out of her vehicle, and she could not produce her license, registration, or insurance card. Parker later submitted to a Breathalyzer test at police headquarters, which measured her blood alcohol content (BAC) to be 0.16… Read More

U.S. Supreme Court Considers DUI Blood Testing Case

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An Update from Your Pennsylvania DUI Attorney

According to a recent Wilkes-Barre Times Leader article, the U.S. Supreme Court has begun considering whether a blood test obtained from a DUI suspect by Missouri law enforcement officials without a warrant is constitutional. In this case, the DUI suspect was stopped by police for swerving. Police failed to get a warrant before submitting the handcuffed man for blood testing to measure his blood alcohol content. The police claimed that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless blood test due to the fact that the level of alcohol in a person’s blood dissipates rapidly. As a result, delaying the blood testing by a few hours in order to first get a warrant actually could result in test results showing a substantially lower blood alcohol content than the person actually had at the time he or she was driving. Therefore, the police might not have the strongest evidence in support of a DUI charge.… Read More