Copemish, MI DUI and OWI Law Firms & Lawyers

You have received a ticket charging you with DUI. Whether the police officer can prove the charges is an entirely different issue. If you were unconscious after the accident and awoke in an ambulance it is unlikely that you were given any sobriety tests at the scene but you don't indicate if there was blood drawn at the hospital. This may have been done and if it was, you should try to find out if there was a blood alcohol analysis made. If there was no blood alcohol analysis and if there were no witnesses who are able to testify as to what caused you to lose control and run into a tree and sustain sufficient injuries to keep you in the hospital for 4 days you may have defenses available to you which should be raised in your defense of the ticket. You don't indicate whether the empty beer cans were in the car because you had consumed the contents and you don't indicate how many cans there were and whether you consumed any beer before the accident. You also don't mention anything about your prior driving record and whether you have ever had a prior conviction for a drinking and driving offense. All of this is relevant for your attorney to know so that he or she can negotiate the most favorable disposition of the DUI ticket possible. The police officer will be able to what he saw and smelled and this would be part of the evidence as to why he issued a DUI. You need to retain experienced counsel because the disposition of a DUI charge will not only possibly add points to your driving record but could get the Secretary of State Department of Vehicle and Driver services involved in the disposition of the ticket and affect your driving privilege. austinh@ix.netcom.com

There is no way to accurately assess the "likely outcome" if a person is convicted of DUI Causing Death except to say by statute the range of penalty is a Minimum 2 years and a Maximum 20 years Nevada State Prison. What penalty a judge will impose depends a many factors which are called mitigating and aggravating factors.

Not knowing what your bac limit is, hard to tell. There is no standard answer even if I knew because different counties, different judges, do things differently. I would contact a local attorney in your county because you should have representation. Sometimes I have been able to plead a case down to reckless driving, which means 6 points on your driving record and no driving privileges at all for 90 days. Fines and costs and payment to Treasury of $500 for two years. An impaired comes with 4 points, perhaps probation and a restricted driver's license for 3 months. Fines and costs and payment to Treasury of $500 for two years. An OWI comes with 6 points, no driver's license for one month, then restricted for 5 additional months, probation, perhaps alcohol classes, random pbt tests. Fines costs and payment to Treasury for $1000 for two years. A superdrunk comes with no license for at least 45 days and then a license with an interlock. More fines, more costs, more probation, more alcohol classes and counseling.