Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. MacPherson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 18, 2000No. 36 W.D. Appeal Docket 1999PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
In this direct appeal brought under 42 Pa.C.S. § 722(7), we consider whether the court of common pleas correctly determined that 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(a. 1) of Pennsylvania’s Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol statute, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(a)-(j) (the “DUI statute”), offends constitutional guarantees of due process. For all of the reasons discussed below, we hold that the trial court erred in declaring § 3731(a.l) unconstitutional, and reverse.
On February 18, 1998, a criminal complaint was filed in Crawford County, Pennsylvania against the appellee, Clark R.…
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