Personal Injury Law

What length of prison sentence does a driver operating drunk get for causing a death?

By Steve

In this instance a Tama man was sentenced to 15 years. The accident or crash caused injury to three other people along with the death of one person. The driver was 21 years old. All of the injured were passengers in his car. The driver plead guilty to vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle. The 15 year sentence was divided with 10 years for the vehicular homicide and 5 years for serious injury.

MADD, the site for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, has a search feature that allows you to see the laws in each state governing drunk driving, crimes and civil liability. They provide a comprehensive list of related subjects.

 Existing Laws in Iowa

Mandatory BAC Testing for Drivers who Survive , Felony DUI ,  Ignition Interlock , Vehicle Impound , Vehicle Sanctions While Suspended ,  Primary Belt Law  ,.08 Per Se ,  Administrative License Revocation ,  Dram Shop ,  Fake ID  Graduated Drivers Licensing ,  Habitual Traffic Offender ,  High BAC ,  Penalties for Test Refusal Greater than Test Failure ,  Mandatory Jail 2nd Offense ,  Mandatory Alcohol Education ,  Open Container Law that is Federally Compliant ,  Preliminary Breath Tester ,  Repeat Offender Law that is Federally Compliant , Youth Possession of Alcohol ,  Vehicular Homicide ,  Youth Attempt at Purchase ,
Youth Purchase ,  Selling/Furnishing Alcohol to Youth ,  Zero Tolerance , Social Host .

 Here is MADD's wish-list of laws they would like added to the Iowa books:

 Laws NOT in Iowa

Mandatory BAC Testing for Drivers who are Killed , Vehicle Confiscation , Keg Registration , Mandatory Alcohol Assessment/Treatment ,  Anti-Plea Bargaining , Child Endangerment , Happy Hour Laws ,
Hospital BAC Reporting , Mandatory Server Training , Plate Sanctions , Lower BAC for Repeat Offender , Victim Rights Constitutional Amendment , Youth Consumption of Alcohol , Sobriety Checkpoints

 This information is available on the MADD site for every state in the United States.  For our purposes it would be the Iowa Legislature General Assembly page.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).