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DUI and Jail

By Ron Chapman

The amount of jail time that a judge can sentence a person to in DUI cases depends upon such things as whether the person has any prior convictions for DUI, whether the person's blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level was 0.20 or higher when driving, or whether the person had a minor in his vehicle while driving.  Florida statute section 316.193 lists the possible jail penalties for DUI.  Some of those penalties include: For a first DUI conviction, the maximum jail sentence is 6 months.  However, if the individual has a blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.20 or higher or if a minor is in the vehicle, the maximum sentence is 9 months jail.   For a second DUI conviction, the maximum jail sentence is 9 months...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on January 27, 2008 (boomark / email).