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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WellSpan is to be commended, but why people who have been convicted for decades of a DUI should be upset
On Wednesday and Thursday of this past week, Rick Fulton of the Gettysburg Times, wrote reported that WellSpan hospital system in Central Pennsylvania will no longer support or offer to provide blood testing for Court use of Blood Alcohol Content testing (BAC). The BAC testing, of course, is so important in a DUI prosecution and…
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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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