Commonwealth v. Smith
In Commonwealth v. Smith, the Superior Court held that a police officer had probable cause to stop the defendant after the officer observed him traveling approximately 70 mph on a
August 27, 2020
In Commonwealth v. Smith, the Superior Court held that a police officer had probable cause to stop the defendant after the officer observed him traveling approximately 70 mph on a
The Superior Court vacated the defendant’s convictions for homicide by vehicle, DUI, and related charges. Citing Birchfield, the Court ruled that the police unlawfully obtained the defendant’s blood test results
In Commonwealth v. Hajdarevic, the Superior Court held that the Confrontation Clause applies to evidence presented by the Commonwealth to establish the time of a blood draw in a DUI
In Commonwealth v. Wolfel, which was an interlocutory appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court and ruled, by failing to challenge the suppression court’s explicit invocation of that
After a bench trial, the defendant was convicted of driving under the influence of metabolites of a controlled substance (DUI-metabolite). He appealed and argued the DUI statute should be read so as
In Commonwealth v. Pammer, the Superior Court dismissed a DUI prosecution because the Commonwealth failed to comply with the compulsory joinder rule found in 18 Pa.C.S. § 110. The defendant had
In these two appeals, the Superior Court considered the constitutionality of the provision of the mandatory minimum sentencing statute for driving under the influence (DUI), which treated a prior acceptance of
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