A DUI adjudication as a minor does not preclude a person from qualifying for the first-time offender exception that allows one to avoid a driver’s license suspension, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
A three-judge panel declined to endorse the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s theory that adjudications of driving under the influence under the Juvenile Act are different than convictions under the state’s Vehicle Code for the purpose of imposing suspensions of driving privileges.
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