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California DUI Sentencing Enhancements

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

California DUI ?aggravating factors? are facts and circumstances that?if present at the time you are arrested for driving under the influence?will either (1) result in a county jail sentence, or (2) increase your county jail sentence. Some of the most common of these include: refusing to submit to a chemical test, driving with a child in the car, causing an accident, having a particularly high blood alcohol concentration, and driving recklessly at excessively high speeds. This last one?driving under the influence while recklessly driving at excessively high speeds?is, perhaps, one of the more difficult aggravating factors to prove. This is because the others are pretty straight forward. However, the additional DUI penalty imposed for reckless driving and excessive speed is not...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on April 12, 2010 (boomark / email).