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California appellate court upholds 27-year three-strikes sentence for DUI offense

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader, perhaps aware of my concern that many drunk drivers do not get harsh enough sentences, forward to me this local article from California reporting on the affirmance of a very harsh DUI sentence.  Here are some of the details: A state appellate court has upheld a long sentence for a Lincoln man convicted of driving under the influence. Jeffrey Charles Wren, 38, of Lincoln, had appealed a 27-year sentence for DUI after his conviction in 2008 by a Placer County jury. A Placer County prosecutor, however, says that though the sentence is severe, it is proper. Wren has a long record of criminal offenses and DUI convictions. He was given the long prison stretch under the state's "three-strikes" felony sentencing guidelines. "Based on his repeated criminal conduct, he posed a great danger to society with his drinking and driving," said Todd Kuhnen, Placer County deputy district attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).