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Timestamp: 2019-12-07 10:09:45
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3732', '§ 2154', '§ 3735', '§ 6', '§ 3732', '§ 3735']

Aggravated Assault By Vehicle – Pittsburgh Criminal Law Group
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Car accidents are often stressful events, but fortunately, a majority of accidents do not involve serious injuries. On the occasion that a car accident involves serious injury, the penalties can be severe. Aggravated Assault by Vehicle, by definition, is an accident that results in serious bodily injury, meaning that you can be charged even without intending to cause another harm.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY VEHICLE PENALTIES
Second-Degree Felony-occurs when the defendant cause an accident while DUI where the impairment caused the accident and is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Third-Degree Felony— occurs when the defendant causes an accident through gross negligence or recklessness and is punishable up to 7 years in prison.
Below are the laws governing Aggravated Assault by Vehicle and Homicide by Vehicle. You will notice that they can be confusing in that they seem to permit harsher penalties if the person who did not cause the accident has passed away as opposed to ending up severely injured. The Pittsburgh Criminal Group will work with you one on one and explore every possible defense and opportunity to discredit the prosecution’s case. They will discuss with you a strategy designed to get out potential harsh penalties such as a lengthy prison sentence.
75 § 3732.1. Aggravated assault by vehicle
(a) Offense.– Any person who recklessly or with gross negligence causes serious bodily injury to another person while engaged in the violation of any law of this Commonwealth or municipal ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to the regulation of traffic, except section 3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), is guilty of aggravated assault by vehicle, a felony of the third degree when the violation is the cause of the injury.
(b) Sentencing.— (1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) may be sentenced to an additional term not to exceed two years’ confinement if at trial the prosecution proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense occurred in an active work zone.
(2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) as the result of a violation of section 3316 (relating to prohibiting text-based communications), 3325 (relating to duty of driver on approach of emergency vehicle) or 3327 (relating to duty of driver in emergency response areas) and who is convicted of violating section 3316, 3325 or 3327 may be sentenced to an additional term not to exceed two years’ confinement when the violation resulted in serious bodily injury.
(4) The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, under 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a sentencing enhancement for an offense under this section when the violation occurred in an active work zone or was the result of a violation of section 3316, 3325 or 3327.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3735.1. Aggravated assault vehicle while driving under the influence
(a) Offense defined.– Any person who negligently causes serious bodily injury to another person as the result of a violation of section 3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) and who is convicted of violating section 3802 commits a felony of the second degree when the violation is the cause of the injury.
(b) Deleted by 2010, Oct. 19, P.L. 557, No. 81, § 6, effective in 60 days [Dec. 20, 2010].
75 Pa.C.S. § 3732. Homicide by vehicle
75 Pa.C.S. § 3735. Homicide by vehicle while driving under influence
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