Pennsylvania Speeding Penalties
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My Daughter’s DUI charge in PA – what will happen?
After drinking at a party, my 24 year old daughter got into an accident.
Fortunately her injuries were minimal. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and released later in the day. She did not receive any alcohol test from police but the hospital records indicate a blood level of .18%.
Now she got a notice of preliminary hearing from the police. They list 6 charges: 1) DUI gen. impairment 1st offense
2)DUI Highest rate of alcohol -1st offense 3)Disregarding traffic lane 4) turning movements and required signals 5) Driving at unsafe speed
6) Careless driving
This is her 1st offense and it happened in Pennsylvania.
What are her actual penalties likely to be.
She just got a new job after graduating college and we’re hoping she can keep it.
Will it do any good for her to hire a lawyer or would a public defender end up just as good? (We have very little money)
Any experience based information will be appreciated.
Thanks
Chances are, a public defender will be just fine. They will probably suggest she plea to the DUI in exchange for getting all the other charges dropped.
Her level of .18 is more than twice the legal limit, so I’m not sure the judge is going to budge a lot on that one.
http://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/drunk_driving/pennsylvania-dui.htm
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