Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala sent a letter to local police chiefs alerting them about a change to DUI law.
Previously, the Supreme Court had affirmed that someone who’d completed a diversionary program for a first-time drinking and driving offense and then got caught driving under the influence again would be charged as if it were their first DUI.
“The legislature came in and said, ‘no, we’re not going to go that way,'” Zappala said…