DUI Case Study

In the past few years there has been people getting pulled over for drinking under the influence. It is really dangerous for anyone to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Anyone who does this could endanger his or her life including others. There are so many people who has lost their lives because people want to make a mistake by driving under the influence not thinking twice about what could happened to them or other people. People don’t know that if they get caught driving for DUI then it stays on their record forever.

O.C.G.A. 40-6-391 (DUI) is a code section in the Georgia Law Enforcement Handbook says that no one should drive or be in physical control of a moving vehicle while they are under the influence of alcohol to the

They will be required to pay a fee of 300.00-1000.00 and a reinstatement fee of 210.00. They will also have to attend the DUI program. They will be required to serve forty hours of community service. They could probably get incarcerated up to a year. They may even get limited driving permit based off of the level of their blood alcohol level and if they have an administrative suspended license. A second offense will consist of license suspended for eighteen months to three years, pay a 600-1000 fee, attend the DUI program, get clinical evaluation a maybe treatment, thirty days of community service, license reinstatement fee of 210.00, 48 hours in jail and maybe will be required to spend 90 days- 1 year in jail, they will probably get an interlock ignition device, limited driving permit based off the blood alcohol level and if they have an administrative suspended license. The third offense will consist of 1,000-5,000 fine, a 410.00 reinstatement fee, will have to attend the DUI program, 15 days in jail, thirty days of community service, clinical evaluation and treatment, maybe interlock ignition device and get limited driving permit after two years, and your name, address, and photo placed in the newspaper and you will be required to pay for it. If someone is caught with drugs on them then they will get their license suspended for

A plea of nolo contendere based on the violation of the code section should establish a sentence. When determining the number of previous convictions or pleas of nolo contendere pursuant to the felony provisions in paragraph four only those crimes in which a conviction is given or a plea of nolo contendere is approved on or after July 1, 2008 should be recognized. Limitations on penalties should apply when a defendant has been sentenced of violating by one transaction more than one of the four provisions of subsection a of the code section. The judge has the power to suspend up to one-half of a fine under subsection c of the code section upon the defendant’s treatment in a substance abuse treatment program according to code section 40-5-1. The code section 40-6-391.3 states that a school bus driver should upon being sentenced of violating this code section while driving a school bus should be penalized by imprisonment for no less than one year nor more than five years and