DWI/DUI Defense Attorney in Colorado Springs, Colorado
What are the possible penalties for DUIs?
What are the possible penalties for DUIs?
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so the possible penalties for a first
second and third DUI are all similar
they’re similar in the sense that they
are all misdemeanors um for first
offense DUI um there’s a possibility of
anywhere from 12 to 24 months of
probation for a second and third offense
DUI that goes up a little bit that goes
uh to tw uh two to four years of
probation um as part of that uh there’s
certain requirements uh such as an
alcohol evaluation you have to do an
alcohol evaluation and uh comply with
all those requirements the requirements
are things like taking alcohol education
courses um that’s going to be 2 hours a
week for multiple weeks and then after
that there’s um alcohol therapy um
sometimes you have to do a victim impact
panel as part of it there’s community
service possible penalties for a first
offense DUI are anywhere from 5 days to
one year in jail um unless your blood
alcohol content is over a point 2 in
which case there’s a mandatory 10 days
jail a second offense DUI comes with the
possibility of 10 days to one year in
the county jail and a third offense DUI
comes with 60 days to one year in the
county jail general conditions of
probation for a DUI are going to involve
um it can either be supervised or
unsupervised probation uh for
unsupervised probation basically what
that means is that it’s up to you it’s
your you are in charge of making sure
that your requirements are all complied
with uh that they’re filed with the
court and you’re doing what you need to
do um when you have supervised probation
uh that’s actually checking in with the
probation officer sometimes it’s in
person uh other times it’s just phone
call check-ins things like that and the
probation officer is is uh somebody who
can actually help you get those things
done and make sure that you’re complying
with all your conditions to be
successful on probation
Colorado Springs, CO criminal defense attorney Gannon Becker talks about the possible penalties for DUIs.
