Commonwealth v. Bickert

WOOD, J.,

— Before me is defendant’s appeal from summary conviction of Driving Under Suspension, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1543(a), and the application of 75 Pa.C.S. §6503, relating to subsequent convictions of certain offenses. In his appeal, defendant raises a number of procedural issues:

1. that the proceedings against him were improperly instituted by complaint rather than by citation;

2. that the complaint was not timely filed;

3. that charges should properly have been brought under 75 Pa.C.S. §1543, rather than 75 Pa.C.S. §6503; and

4. that the complaint was not sufficient to put the defendant on notice…