Articles Posted in DUI Offenses

One of the tools law enforcement uses in Pittsburgh to catch drivers who are operating their motor vehicles under the influence of drugs or alcohol is the roadside checkpoint. Roadside checkpoints are temporary blockages of the road that run for a certain number of hours and are occupied by police officers or state troopers. They…

Incidents of drinking driving are on the rise in Pittsburgh. If you drive in an inebriated state beyond permissible limits you can be charged with a DUI. If the police have even an iota of doubt they can pull you off the road. Even a first DUI charge can result in conviction and multiple penalties.…

Pennsylvania, like many states, takes DUI seriously. It has recently enacted stricter and more specific laws than those that came before. The definitions of driving under the influence have been tightened and the consequences made harsher. Sometimes, these laws are updated; the ones listed here are current as of 2017, except as noted below. DUI…

ARD stands for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition. It is a program Pennsylvania uses for first time Driving Under the Influence offenders. If you qualify for the program and successfully complete it, your case will be dismissed, and you will be allowed to have your lawyer go through the steps necessary to get your record expunged. It’s…

The large majority of Pittsburgh criminal defense attorney Sean Logue’s practice is DUI defense. As such, it is important that he and his associates stay abreast of current DUI law and cases in Pennsylvania, and all the technology involved in DUI arrests. He needs to know all about breath test machines and blood testing, how…

When you are stopped by a police officer, either at a DUI checkpoint or just as you are going down the road, and he or she suspects you have been driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you will be asked to undergo certain roadside tests, one of which is a breath test. You…

The facts in each individual driver’s DUI case will determine the classification of his or her charge. DUI can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. Felony DUI Types Accidents that end in injury or death of someone who is not the driver being charged are aggressively prosecuted. Many times in these situations, the…

I read in the paper today about a twenty-one-year-old man who was picked up for driving under the influence of alcohol two times within one day. Actually, it was twice within a three-hour period. Cody James Winslow was first arrested at 2:48 am on May 15 after driving his vehicle into a ditch. He failed…

Pennsylvania legislators are moving forward with a bill that will impose stiffer penalties on repeat drunk driving offenders if they kill someone while driving under the influence. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 45 to 4 to send Bill 961 to the House. Current law gives a mandatory three-year prison term to a drunk driver that…

The coordinator of the Washington County DUI Court, John Ridge, would like people to use the term “first conviction” instead of “first offense” when talking about the changes made recently to Pennsylvania’s driving while intoxicated law. Typically, the first time a driver is picked up for a DUI that does not involve a crash, he…