Drunk Driving Lawyer Ann Arbor
Livingston County Drunk Driving
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As indicated above, if there are multiple drunk or drugged driving convictions, or a single High BAC conviction, the court must order the defendant to participate in, and successfully complete, a rehabilitation program.
First Offense: Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) or Operating With Any Presence of a Schedule 1 Drug or Cocaine (OWPD)
Operating While Intoxicated
Operating While Intoxicated
Causing Death or Serious Injury if Operating While Intoxicated, Operating While Visibly Impaired, Operating with Any Presence of Drugs, or Operating While License Suspended, Revoked or Denied (First Offense) These crimes are felonies.
Zero Tolerance (under age 21) First Offense
First Offense
In Michigan, the legal limit is 0.08 for drunk driving, but there are offenses that require a higher number (0.17), known as Super Drunk. If charged with a misdemeanor DUI in Michigan, the charge will either be Impaired Driving, Operating While Intoxicated, Super Drunk, Operating With Presence of Drugs or Minor BAC Zero Tolerance or with a prior, OWI 2nd Offense or 3rd Offense which would be a felony. When charged with a drunk driving offense in Michigan, you're fighting for your survival. Your freedom, license, career, family reputation and your future are on the line. Here is how my clients approach If charged with a misdemeanor DUI in Michigan, the charge will either be Impaired Driving, Operating While Intoxicated, Super Drunk, Operating With Presence of Drugs or Minor BAC Zero Tolerance or with a prior, OWI 2nd Offense or 3rd Offense which would be a felony. When charged with a drunk driving offense in Michigan, you're fighting for your survival. Your freedom, license, career, family reputation and your future are on the line. Here is how my clients approach a DUI. It may feel like your life is over if arrested for drunk driving, but it's a major opportunity to better yourself, and learn from the event. Lead with empathy. Yes, drunk driving is a criminal charge, and can be a misdemeanor or a felony. If convicted, it will go on your record, but there is hope now in Michigan; you might be eligible for expungement of your drunk driving conviction in Michigan - click here to learn more Is Monroe County in Michigan tough on drunk driving? Will I go to jail at the 1st District Court?9/2/2021
In Michigan, a drunk driving case can really vary depending upon what police department makes the arrest, because it determines what courthouse the case is heard, an who the prosecutor on the case is going to be. Some prosecutors are quick to reduce Operating While Intoxicated or Super Drunk charges down to Impaired Driving, but rarely anything below this offer. Judges typically put people on at least 12 months of probation, and some courts do send first offenders to jail. Prosecutors typically view DUI cases as serious charges, and pretty straight forward to prosecute. Prosecutors look for evidence of driving the car then the chemical test result being over the legal limit. If they have evidence of both of those, they are confident in their case, and typically hold firm in standard offers to the defendant. Some prosecutors have "policies" and will not make offers or will play hard ball day one, inviting a trial if you don't like the offer. The majority of prosecutors don't want to set DUI's for trial and make themselves much busier; they have large caseloads and want to resolve cases. Most prosecutors will give some benefit of the doubt to someone with no prior DUI convictions, but will look harshly upon accidents, poor driving, an exceptionally high BAC number, and any funny business in terms of acting poorly toward the police officers. If the case is a clean traffic stop, a relatively common BAC number, there's likely to be an opening offer that might be appealing to some defendants. |
Attorney Jonathan Paul |
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