There are times when you may have had too much alcohol to drink and your driving skills tell on you. At least, an officer who stops you to perform a sobriety test agrees you have had too much. You now find yourself in need of a Criminal/DUI Lawyer. You need someone in your corner who will go to work diligently for you to get you the best possible outcome for the DUI case sure to come. In Pennsylvania, the Rapa Law Office, P.C., located in both Lehighton, PA and Allentown, PA, is qualified to successfully handle your case. They want to tell you about things you should be aware of concerning DUIs in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania came down hard on drunk driving in 2003 with the passing of Act 24. This gave legal authorities more leeway on confronting drinking and driving as the legal blood alcohol content level was reduced to 0.08%. Also drug/alcohol treatment was introduced as part of the punitive justice that would be handed down in court. Pennsylvania has three levels of DUI for which you can be convicted: 0.08- 0.099%, 0.10%-0.159% and then everything that is above that. Depending upon which of these you are convicted of, your penalties will range from six months probation, a $300 fine, a mandatory alcohol highway safety school and an order to seek alcohol and drug treatment to a 1st degree misdemeanor charge, an automatic suspension of 18 months, one to five years in jail, a fine between $2500 to $10,000, an interlock on your ignition for one year and an order to alcohol and drug treatment.
As you can see, penalties concerning DUI can be quite severe in Pennsylvania. Calling upon the Rapa Law Office may be the smartest call you ever made. In addition to handling DUIs, they also deal in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies, debt relief and foreclosures, criminal cases such as misdemeanors and felonies, personal injury cases such as car accidents or wrongful death claims and much more. They practice in Lehighton, Bethlehem and Allentown, PA.
