Second Time DUI Offense

If you are caught and charged of DUI for the second time, you need to contact your attorney as soon as possible so that you won’t get yourself in further trouble. There are some issues that need to be dealt with and these are some of them.

1.    The court will ask for a bail upon charge. It might cost you $1,000 – $10,000. However, bail can be avoided if the offender completed the required number of Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in a week.

2.    It is important to request a DMV hearing immediately. On the second DUI, a license can get suspended and if you still decide to drive with a suspended license, you can be jailed.

3.    You cannot avoid the possibility of imprisonment. It is required by the law that at least a minimum of 96 hours are completed in jail. For some states, they start with 30 days or 60 – 90 days minimum in jail. Imprisonment matters should be properly discussed with your lawyer so that you won’t be caught off guard with the consequences brought about by the offense.

In some situations, jail time can be converted to home electronic confinement. But this is very rare and it only happens when facts are properly assessed and the case would be likely to fit in this category. This must be subject to court approval.

Another way to avoid the everyday set-up in jail is to request for jail time confined to weekend only. This is, if you have work because you can work during the weekdays and report to jail during the weekend.

A private jail can be offered to qualified offenders too. It is where an offender is allowed to spend time in jail at night and then released in the morning to go to work then go back to jail in the evening. But then again, this option does not qualify everyone.