As a Montgomery County DUI lawyer, I have always been baffled but the concept of what the Pennsylvania State Police call the “drug recognition expert” or “DRE”. This is the cop that is “specially trained” to detect and ferret out those drivers that are driving the roads drunk or under the influence of drugs. […]
The Pennsylvania DUI Statute is located at 75 Pa.C.S.A. Sec 3802. The Law is uniform in that it sets forth that an individual may not operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol level greater than .08%, under the influence of drugs, or with any illegal drugs in the system. The “grading” section that a court […]
Next Steps Following a DUI Arrest in Lower Merion Lower Merion Township, in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, ran a DUI Sobriety Checkpoints on Friday, June 20, 2012, on Belmont Avenue in Montgomery County just off of the I-76 ramp. This is a favorite location for the police to set up checkpoints and arrests […]
When a client is arrested for DUI, the first time they get to confront the evidence against them is at the Preliminary Hearing. The official function of the preliminary hearing is for the Commonwealth to demonstrate to the District Justice, though their witnesses, that there is probable cause to believe that the client was driving […]