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After the legal difficulties of a family member of mine who received a driving under the influence arrest and charge in California (CA) I decided to share the information I discovered about DUI and DWI in California and where to find a DUI lawyer in CA.
1st drunk driving conviction:
96 to 6 months jail time.
390 to 1000 in fines.
you also get your license suspended for sin months.
2nd drunk driving conviction:
90 days to 1 year in jail.
390 to 1000 in fines.
license suspended for 2 long years.
drunk driving conviction number three:
120 days to a year in jail.
390 to 1000 in fines.
3 years of licence suspension.
4th conviction:
180 days to a year in jail.
390 to 1000 in fines.
License suspended for 4 years : (
The California Vehicle Code, specifically, VC section 23152(a) and 23152(b), sets the law on DUI cases, and states as follows:
VC 23152
It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under the combined influence of any alcoholic beverage and drug, to drive a vehicle.
It is unlawful for any person who has 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle. For purposes of this article and Section 34501.16, percent, by weight, of alcohol in a person’s blood is based upon grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
The two sections above are typically charged together. The first has to do with your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, irregardless of your blood alcohol level. The second, or (b) count, requires that you have a .08% blood alcohol content, or BAC, by weight, California’s “legal limit”. The term “alcoholic beverage and drug” or “alcoholic beverage or drug” in the (a), or first count, does not mean that you were driving with drugs in your system, but that either alcohol or drugs, or both, were found at the time of driving, not that you in fact did have both in your system.
