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Aug. 31, 2025
Top Rated Chester County DUI Attorneys. Chester County’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program for first-time nonviolent offenders avoids criminal convictions and now includes constitutional protections thanks to the Shifflett ruling.
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Aug. 24, 2025
The 2024 PA Commonwealth Court decision in Bergenstock v. DOT (69 C.D. 2023) affirms an 18-month operating suspension but reverses a lifetime CDL disqualification for failure to read CDL-specific warnings
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Aug. 22, 2025
The non-precedential 2025 PA Superior Court decision in Commonwealth v. Whitcomb (2025 PA Super 180) rejects involuntary intoxication as a defense to DUI under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3802(d)(2).
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June 27, 2025
In Trump v. CASA, Inc. (2025), the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack authority to issue universal injunctions, reshaping the landscape of constitutional litigation and equitable relief.
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June 22, 2025
2007 Pennsylvania Superior Court case that examined the sufficiency of evidence for drug-related DUI charges and the constitutionality of DUI laws concerning marijuana metabolites.
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June 18, 2025
Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down 75 Pa.C.S. § 3755 as facially unconstitutional, ruling that warrantless blood draws from DUI suspects in emergency care violate Fourth Amendment protections.
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June 14, 2025
Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a suppression order, holding that trained officer observations of hand-to-hand transactions and suspicious behavior were sufficient to establish probable cause for arrest in a narcotics case.
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June 9, 2025
Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that police had reasonable suspicion to stop a juvenile based on evasive behavior, attire, and proximity to a recent crime, reversing the trial court’s suppression order.
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June 9, 2025
Superior Court decision in Commonwealth v. Ward confirms that when troopers perform bona fide welfare checks—like responding to visible signs of illness—the public‑servant exception permits a brief, warrantless seizure, even leading to DUI arrests.
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