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Whitpain Resident Withdraws Request to Have Charges Dismissed
Whitpain resident, Kate Kelly, has withdrawn her request to have DUI-related charges dismissed.
Kate M. Kelly, a Montgomery County Criminal defense lawyer, and a resident of Yorkshire Drive in Whitpain, has withdrawn her request to have a DUI-related charge dismissed, according to a report in the Ambler Gazette.
The charges are in relation to a May 2009 vehicle accident in East Norriton.
According to the Gazette article, Kelly filed papers in May seeking a dismissal of the case arguing that according to Pennsylvania’s Rule 600, authorities “have 365 days from the date the criminal complaint was filed to bring the defendant to trial.”
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Prosecutors are calling the claim “baseless.”
“According to court documents, Kelly is now scheduled for a 'non-trial disposition' hearing later this month on charges in connection with the alleged May 21, 2009, DUI incident at Township Line and Whitehall roads in East Norriton, as well as a second alleged DUI-related incident Nov. 29, 2010, in the 1700 block of Markley Street in Norristown, during which Kelly allegedly collided with a SEPTA bus," according to the Gazette article.
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