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Colorado DUI Lawyer Explains Penalties & Probation Requirements | Right Law Group

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The possible penalties for a first, second, and third DUI are all similar. They're similar in the sense that they are all misdemeanors. For first offense DUI, there's a possibility of anywhere from 12 to 24 months of probation. For a second and third offense DUI, that goes up a little bit. That goes two to four years of probation.
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as part of that, there's certain requirements, uh, such as an alcohol evaluation. You have to do an alcohol evaluation and comply with all those requirements. The requirements are things like taking an alcohol education courses. That's going to be two hours a week for multiple weeks. And then after that there's alcohol therapy. Um sometimes you have to do a victim impact panel as part of it. There's community service.
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The possible penalties for a first offense DUI are anywhere from 5 days to one year in jail, unless your blood alcohol content is over a 0.2, in which case there's a mandatory 10 days jail. A second offense DUI comes with the possibility of 10 days to one year in the county jail. And a third offense DUI comes with 60 days to one year in the county jail.
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General conditions of probation for a DUI are going to involve be supervised or unsupervised probation. uh for unsupervised probation. Basically, what that means is that it's up to you. You are in charge of making sure that your requirements are all complied with uh that they're filed with the court and you're doing what you need to do. When you have supervised probation, uh that's actually checking in with the probation officer. Sometimes it's in person, other times it's just phone call check-ins, things like that. And the probation officer is is somebody who can actually help you get those things done and make sure that you're complying with all your conditions to be successful on probation.
Gannon BeckerWatch clip ↗
The possible penalties for a first, second, and third DUI are all similar. They're similar in the sense that they are all misdemeanors.
Gannon BeckerWatch clip ↗
The possible penalties for a first offense DUI are anywhere from 5 days to one year in jail, unless your blood alcohol content is over a 0.2, in which case there's a mandatory 10 days jail.
Gannon BeckerWatch clip ↗
General conditions of probation for a DUI are going to involve be supervised or unsupervised probation.
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And the probation officer is is somebody who can actually help you get those things done and make sure that you're complying with all your conditions to be successful on probation.
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