Attorney Troy Slaten talks about DUI cases and the consequences for clients who have been charged with a prior DUI offense.
If you are arrested for DUI and charged with a DUI, and if you have a prior DUI within ten years of the current charges, then the district attorney or the city attorney will charge DUI with a prior. That means that the potential penalties that you face are even more significant. You face increased fines, the possibility of jail, and increased alcohol programs. Typically for somebody convicted of a second offense DUI, that means that they have a prior within ten years. They have to do an eighteen month alcohol program. They face fines of up to four or five thousand dollars, their driving privilege could be suspended for one or two years and there is a recent change in California law; however, with regard to driving license suspension on people that are convicted of multiple DUI. The legislature in California has recently changed the law to allow ignition interlock devices to be installed in someone's car so they can drive on a restricted basis to and from and within the course and scope of their employment. |