The ARD Program: Have you Been Denied? Most first-time DUI offenders apply for the ARD program and some, if not many of them, are denied admission by the District Attorney’s Office. Why? There are many reasons for this. The most common is the existence of a criminal record by the applicant. Reasons you may be […]
ARD: Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition “ARD” is an acronym for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition and it is a diversionary program for mostly those that have been charged with DUI but also may be used for those charged with other crimes as well. Here’s how it works: After the defendant’s preliminary hearing the defendant will fill out an application […]
…….and the answer is: Almost always “yes”. Whether you have to or not has nothing to do with what crime you have been accused of, whether you have a criminal record, or whether you have a lawyer (a good one or not). The requirement that a defendant waive his right to a preliminary […]
Next Steps Following a DUI Arrest in Lower Merion Lower Merion Township, in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, ran a DUI Sobriety Checkpoints on Friday, June 20, 2012, on Belmont Avenue in Montgomery County just off of the I-76 ramp. This is a favorite location for the police to set up checkpoints and arrests […]