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When a California DUI is Considered a Violent Felony

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

California law classifies certain crimes as ?violent felonies?. If you are convicted of a California violent felony, that conviction counts as a ?strike? under California?s three strikes law. If, after receiving a strike, you are subsequently convicted of any felony offense, your punishment on that offense will be double what it otherwise would have been. If you have two strikes and are later convicted of a felony, your sentence on the new conviction will be 25-years-to-life in the California state prison. Most California ?violent? felonies are truly violent?murder, mayhem, rape, carjacking, etc. However, one of the ways that a crime qualifies as a California violent felony is if it is a felony offense that causes another person to suffer ?great bodily injury?...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).