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Harrisburg DWI Lawyers

• Beinhaur & Curcillo: In Pennsylvania, the penalties associated with a DWI/DUI arrest can vary based on what your blood alcohol level is and whether you are a first-time offender or a repeat offender. Our job starts with helping you understand the penalties you will face if you are convicted.
• McShane, Justin: * Driving Under the Influence - Driving After Imbibing - the "new" DUI Law o We specialize in challenging Breathalyzer or Blood BAC results, the Probable Cause for the Vehicle Stop, the Probable Cause to Arrest, the Standard Field Sobriety Test, Chain of Custody, O'Connell Warnings, DL-26 issues, Miranda Warnings, Roadblocks, License Suspension, and all aspects stemming from a DUI Stop. * Alcohol Related Offenses o Driving Under Suspension DUI Related o Underage Drinking o Homicide by Vehicle While DUI o Aggravated Assault by Vehicle While DUI o Corruption of Minors o Misrepresentation of Age to Secure Alcohol o Representing a Minor is of Age o Inducement of Minors to Buy Liquor * Traffic/Vehicle Violations o Driving Under Suspension o Reckless/Careless Driving o Fleeing or Alluding Police o Homicide by Vehicle o Aggravated Assault by Vehicle o Accident Involving Death or Personal Injury o Accident to Unattended Vehicles o Altered or Forged Title of Plates o Prohibited Activities Related to Odometers o Roadways Lane for Traffic o Speeding o Points on Licenses/License Suspension + Occupational Limited License + Probationary License o Habitual Offenders o All Other Vehicle Code Infractions
• Crisp, Jonathan: Facing criminal prosecution can be an overwhelming and frightening experience. All too often persons charged with a crime give up important rights out of a sense of helplessness or simply because they do not understand the criminal justice system. It is imperative you understand what your rights are and act quickly to protect them because you risk losing key witnesses or other evidence and make the governmentÕs job that much easier. The sooner your attorney is involved in investigating the facts of your case and formulating your defense strategy, the better your defense will be at trial.
• MCSHANE LAW FIRM: Just like you would not go to doctor who specializes in foot-related issues (podiatrist) for brain surgery, don't trust your liberty, your life and your driver's license to an attorney who takes any old case that walks in the door. You deserve not just a good attorney, but rather the very best qualified attorney to help you.
• Scaringi & Scaringi: If you are reading this page, you may already need to speak to a lawyer. Getting arrested is a frightening experience, particularly if it is your first (and only!) brush with the Pennsylvania criminal justice system.
• J. Michael Sheldon: Criminal conviction can result in severe punishment that can affect you for the rest of your life. However, if you have committed a minor offense, you may be eligible to enter into an Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) program that involves probation and rehabilitative treatment as an alternative to more severe punishments. Upon completion of the program, the charges against you will be dropped. You never plead guilty and you are never convicted.
• McShane & Hitchings: examine and possibly challenge the probable cause for the vehicle stop, to make sure that the Intoxilizer 5000 was properly maintained and used and the results are properly admitted into evidence, to make sure no 4th Amendment violations occurred in the officer's or trooper's securing of your blood sample, to make sure that PennDOT does not suspend your license for too long and many, many other aspects surrounding a Driving Under the Influence charge.
• Beinhauer & Curcillo: The basic thrust of the drunk driving laws is that they are to prevent operation of a powerful machine when a person is too intoxicated to have adequate control of the machine. The intoxication element is proven by one of two methods: (1) showing a certain level of blood alcohol or illegal drugs, or (2) showing that the person was impaired. The first method is the one most often used. It does not rely on anyone's observations of the defendant's conduct, but rather on the results of a blood or breath test. A common statutory scheme requires a person suspected of being drunk or drugged while driving to give a sample of his or her breath or blood for testing. This so-called "implied consent" comes about because the statute provides for it whenever a person gets a driver's license. Once the sample is given, it is analyzed by a machine that measures the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood. One common limit for blood-alcohol content is .10 percent, although in recent years there has been a push to lower that limit to .08 percent. Any person who tests over the limit is legally intoxicated. The only way to challenge the charge is to show that there was some failure in the test procedure, such as a malfunctioning machine, improper sampling, foreign substances in the mouth (in the case of a breath test), or improper preservation of the evidence.
• Daniel Myshine: The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes remains controversial, and in most states, illegal.Marijuana use has been advocated as being beneficial for the treatment of patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, anorexia, epilepsy, arthritis, migraines, and glaucoma. Despitethe claimedmedical benefits, the use and possession of marijuana forsuch purposes has not yet become completelylegalon a state or federal level.
• McShane and Hitchings: "Why would you want someone representing you who might have been against you in the past?"
• Goldberg, Katzman & Shipman: USE OF DUI ARRESTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
• Killian & Gephart: First DUI offense: 48 hours in jail, 6 months standard license suspension if you plead guilty; however, if you can get ARD (a program that is controlled by your county D.A.), you don't do jail time and you lose your license for four months.