Driving While Suspended Lawyer Northeast Philadelphia

Driving While Suspended in Pennsylvania is a serious traffic offense. If you are cited with Driving while Suspended, you will be faced with a mandatory one-year license suspension.

In addition to the License Suspension, this form of traffic ticket carries with it escalating penalties. After your sixth conviction, you are facing a mandatory 30-day jail sentence.

How Do I Fight My Ticket?

There are a variety of ways to fight traffic citations.

First, there could be a defect in the way the traffic ticket was written. As a consequence, you or your attorney can point out the defect in the citation. If this is a substantive defect, you can win the case by challenging the ticket itself.

Second, when fighting a ticket, you can insist on cross-examining the officer to refute the officer’s account of the incident. Police officers are human beings too, and therefore are subject to all the potential errors of human beings, such as memory lapses. The key to winning your case is to exploit any inconsistencies, and get the officer to agree with you on them.

Finally, there may be procedural ways to fight your case. For example, to prove a Driving while Suspended citation, prosecutors have to establish that you had notice that you were suspended. As a result, prosecutors need to introduce evidence that PennDOT mailed you a Suspension letter and that you actually received it. There are also other procedural ways you can fight your case.

Northeast Philadelphia Driving while Suspended Lawyer

While you do not necessarily need a lawyer to fight your Driving while Suspended case, it would certainly benefit you to use an attorney’s services. An experienced traffic attorney can easily find defects in citations and effectively cross-examine officers on both the facts of your case and any defects contained in the citation.

A lawyer will be able to properly introduce evidence showing you did not have knowledge of a suspension, and cite the appropriate case law.

Lawyer Northeast Philadelphia Driving while Suspended

The defense attorneys at The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin have developed a strong reputation defending clients who are being charged with driving while suspended throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding tri-state area. We understand how important it is for you to maintain your driving privileges and will work hard to ensure that you can get the best possible results.

The consequences for driving with a suspended license can range from simple fines to possible jail time. Above all, your charge for driving while your license is suspended can also impact your career, credit, and reputation.

Our attorneys have decades of experience handling Driving while Suspended cases. Our attorneys appear in traffic courts on a daily basis, and are familiar with the rules and procedures in these courts. Call or email us today for your free consultation.

This content was written on behalf of Greg Prosmushkin.