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Double Punishment in DUI Cases

By Lawrence Taylor

When a person is arrested for DUI, his driver’s license is confiscated by the arresting officer and he is given a notice of "administrative suspension". He is also given a citation to appear in court to face criminal drunk driving charges. These are usually two very different procedures: (1) the administrative suspension for driving with blood-alcohol of .08%, in most states administered by its department of motor vehicles, and (2) the criminal prosecution for the two separate offenses of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI or DWI) and driving with .08%,  which takes place in the courts. Let's take a closer look at that second proceeding, the criminal charges in the courts….The accused allegedly engaged in a single act of driving...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).