1999 Pa. Super. 240 - Commonwealth v. Downs’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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Relies on Commonwealth v. Glass · 1999 Pa. Super. 19 - Commonwealth v. Tharp
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“(a) Offense defined. — Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or trafficway of this Commonwealth after the commencement of a suspension, revocation or cancellation of the operating privilege and before the operating privilege has been restored is guilty of'a summary offense ánd shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $200. (b) Certain offenses. —(1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or trafficway of this Commonwealth at a time when their operating privilege is suspended or revoked as a condition of acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for a violation of section 3731 or because of a violation of section 1547(b)(1) or 3731 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and to undergo imprisonment for a period of not less than 90 days.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“until the person has had the operating privilege restored.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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