What is the maximum sentencing for a second DUI in GA?
Neither incidents resulting in the D.U.I.s involved an accident. The charges are DUI, open container, and reckless endangerment. The attorney may be able to get the reckless endangerment dropped. ...
Neither incidents resulting in the D.U.I.s involved an accident. The charges are DUI, open container, and reckless endangerment. The attorney may be able to get the reckless endangerment dropped.
DUI Second Offense/Guilty Plea or Being Found Guilty at Trial (Simple Misdemeanor)
Fine: $600-$1,000
Jail: 90 days to twelve months. All but 48 hours of jail time can be suspended, stayed or probated. Forty-eight (48) hours in jail is MANDATED. However, some judges will consider (in the right case and with the right witnesses and proof) permitting all or part of the "jail" time to be served at either (a) a halfway house; (b) in drug/alcohol treatment [in-house]; (c) by way of "house detention", whereby you must be at home and respond to monitoring and testing whenever you are not at work, treatment, etc. The judge sets the rules of when you must be at home. Any alternative to traditional jail time is a matter of planning by the attorney and client, and is usually subject to "negotiations" between the prosecutor and the defense attorney which are later implemented by the judge into a formal, written order or "sentence". The remainder of the sentence may be suspended, stayed or probated—at the judge’s discretion.
Community Service: Not less than eighty (80) hours of Community Service is MANDATED in all cases.
License Suspension: Three year suspension. No "work" permit available to anyone for any reason. After a minimum of 120 following the date after the suspension began, and completion of driving school course, application for reinstatement is possible. Therefore, 121 days after conviction, offenders may apply to the Department of Public Safety for possible early reinstatement by submitting proof of completion of the Risk Reduction Program and paying a reinstatement fee in the amount of $200.00 (mail-in) or $210.00 (walk-in).