Pleading Guilty to a First Time DUI

[Music] [Music] I'm here to talk about the consequences or repercussions of pleading guilty are being found guilty to a first-time DUI clients come into my office and they're often very stressed and they they're looking for answers and one of the first questions they asked is what am I facing here so let's take a typical example of someone who provided a reading of 120 to say 150 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood or was found guilty of impaired driving or pled guilty in this situation first of all under our Criminal Code they're facing a mandatory minimum a fine of $1,000 that's the minimum they're also facing a victim find surcharge on top of that of 30% a judge is required to take their license also for a minimum of 1 years now that can be up to 3 years it could be 2 years it could be 3 years that's often negotiable on your standard you know first-time DUI you can often achieve a one-year the ministry is also going to take your license for the same one year period they have a concurrent program where they also take your license but you're facing far bigger repercussions than that you're facing the stigma of a criminal record which could affect your employment and you know stigma in the community you're also facing you know very serious increases in your insurance rates there's been if you go on on websites you'll find this this could be in thousands of dollars over over a number of years so it's quite a penalty you're facing in this regard now one of the things that the promises brought in which is a benefit to you is what's called stream a ignition interlock and this is what that means well first of all when you're first charged you're going to lose your license for 90 days that's a 90 day administrative license suspension there's no negotiating for that it's automatic the police officers gonna take your license right away for 90 days you're gonna have a court appearance say six weeks from that and receive your disclosure if you decide to plead guilty you may want to take advantage or try to take advantage of what's called streaming ignition interlock that means from the date you plead guilty if you plead guilty within 89 days of the time you are charged then the government may allow you to drive with an ignition interlock on your vehicle so what's going to happen is you plead guilty say you plead guilty at day 77 after you're charged you plead guilty on that day you're going to lose your license for another 90 days and during that time period you apply for stream a ignition interlock and what happens there is is if you qualify if you sign up for the back on track program you qualify for interlock with the Ministry of Transportation they're going to allow you to put a device in your car for nine months so you can drive for nine months so let's have a quick recap you lose your administrative license suspension for 90 days if you plead guilty within that time period a new suspension starts which is a minimum of one year within 89 days you can get the you have to apply and get the ignition you'll plead guilty get your interlock on your car but you're gonna lose your license for another 90 days and then be able to drive with a device in your car that you provide a breast sample into so there's a lot of repercussion saying there's if you go on these websites I've seen estimates as much as twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars that a DUI is gonna cost you over the years including of course excessive insurance rates so it often pays and it will pay to consider retaining a lawyer you know to negotiate the best possible outcome for you because these things have to be negotiated that the fine amounts whether a judge will allow you to apply for a Streamy ignition interlock so you really should consider retaining a lawyer to get try and get the best outcome possible

Channel: Kruse Law

Views: 38,734

Keywords: dui, criminal law, impaired driving, advice

Id: rVYrDQVrlzM

Length: 3min 58sec (238 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 08 2018