Colorado law – DUI vs DUI Per Sey?

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My friend's ex-wife got pulled over last week and was charged with both a DUI AND a DUI per sey.. I'm wondering the difference. I can't ask her, since I don't communicate with her anymore, and I have not been able to find anything on "google" or in the bowels of my local law enforcement' websites. Knowing what "per sey" means, it seems like you can't have both
My bad.... per se, not per sey...


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  1. wetcpu says:
    August 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    It means that even if her driving behavior (the DUI) was not obviously effected by the alcohol, she is still guilty of drunk driving based on her blood alcohol content (DUI per se).

    Essentially, they are charging her first with driving dangerously because of the effects of alcohol and and also charging her for driving with too much alcohol in her system. it does seem a bit like double jeopardy, but the attached link indicates that while she could potentially be convicted of both charges, the state may only be able to punish her for one or the other.

    She has a right to have the charges against her clearly explained; make sure she gets an attorney and that they explain exactly what the charges mean and what the consequences of the charges might be.

  2. Chrys says:
    August 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    per se…

    do it yourself…(as in take yourself to court without a lawyer…)

  3. Kris L says:
    August 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    I don’t know what DUI per se is, but the word per se means ‘as if’ … so she was caught driving as if she was drunk or on pills, but they aren’t sure a ‘straight’ DUI will lead to a conviction so they also charged her with DUI per se. The word is spelled ‘per se’ and not ‘per sey’ which may be why your searches didn’t get you a good answer. Spell it properly and try again to do those searches.

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