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DUI Penalties
 

Criminal DUI penalties can increase based on the frequency of DUI convictions and the severity of your current DUI offense. In addition to the criminal penalties for driving under the influence, you are also subject to administrative penalties by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and to financial and personal collateral consequences. Below are DUI penalty charts for the most common DUI offenses.

 

GOOD NEWS!  In the 9th Judicial Circuit (Osceola & Orange Counties), the State's Attorney's Office offers a Diversion program, whereby first time DUI offenders can avoid a conviction for DUI (but not the DMV administrative suspension).  The requirements are essentially the same as the criminal penalties for a first time offender, but upon completion of the diversion program, the charges will be dismissed.  Not every first offender will qualify, however.  Call me for a consultation and I will explain the program to you.

 

 
 
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Questions I Will Answer At Your Consultation:

 

-   What defenses do I have?

 

-   What are my options?

 

-   I’m a first time offender, what am I looking at?

-   Will I go to jail?

 

-   What effect will this have on my record, my employment, or my driver’s license?

 


Should You Hire a Lawyer or Bond Out First?

 

Hire the lawyer first.  He might be able to get your bond lowered and he is much more important to you in the case than the bondsman is.

 

Save the bond money for your attorney.  Your attorney does not want to leave you in jail.  Your attorney will be there to help you seek a lower bond, and then to advocate and fight for your innocence and freedom.  If you do get convicted, only your attorney will be there to fight for a lower sentence.  Only your attorney will listen to your side of the story and present it in your defense in court.

 

And you won’t be able to afford an attorney if you spend all or most of your money on the bondsman.