DUI Defense : Criminal Defense

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SOBERING PENALTIES OF DUI IN ALABAMA

  • FIRST OFFENSE
    No minimum jail sentence but up to a year in the county or municipal jail; a fine between $600.00 and $2,100.00; a 90 day driver’s license suspension and a substance program. The state also has a look-back provision in the law that means a second offense within five years of the first is treated as a second offense and the penalties get stiffer.
  • SECOND OFFENSE
    Jail from 48 hours, or 20 days community service, to a year; a fine between $1,100.00 and $5,100.00; license suspension for a year and substance treatment.
  • THIRD OFFENSE
    No less than 60 days and up to a year in jail; fines between $2,100.00 and $10,100.00; a three-year license suspension and an alcohol-treatment program.
  • FOURTH OFFENSE
    This is considered a felony – a year to ten years in prison; fines between $4,000.00 and $10,000; and a five-year license suspension. But if the three previous charges were within an Alabama city that filed charges under a city ordinance, rather than directly from state law, the fourth charge is not a felony, the Huntsville Police Department said. That finding follows a recent Alabama appeals court ruling.