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Enlisted military man has accident with .121 breath test; jury finds him not guilty ...
Man falls asleep, drives off road, .180 breath test- not guilty; possession of marijuana dismissed ...
Poor police work results in dismissal of boating DUI, .169 breath test, eluding, refusal ...
Denture saves driver's license & gets acquittal ...
Police failure to per serve records results in DUI & refusal dismissed ...
Medicine causes false breath test in drunk driving case ...
Police illegally enter private property without warrant  - case dismissed ...
Uncertified Fairbanks breath test machine & test administrator suppressed; DA dismisses charges before trial
DUI and reckless driving dismissed when Anchorage police enter home without warrant ...
Faulty Breath Test machine wins not guilty jury verdict...

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felony drunk driving charges
Alaska dui laws

Under current Alaska drunk driving laws, a drunk driving offense (dwi or refusal) can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony offense. Felony convictions are much more serious. A convicted felon has restrictions on his or her civil liberties.

felony dui

The DUI or refusal will be charged as a felony if the person has two or more convictions for drunk driving or refusal in Alaska or any other state within 10 years prior to the date of the current arrest.

punishment for felony dui

If convicted, the punishment for a felony drunk driving offense will depend on the person's prior criminal history record. The punishments for felonies are substantially more severe than for misdemeanors. There are mandatory minimum penalties for felony convictions, but the maximum sentence is not limited to 1 year of jail, as is the case with misdemeanors.

dwi - owi - dui - oui charges

DWI is an acronym for driving while intoxicated that is sometimes referred to as driving while under the influence or driving while impaired.

drunk driving offense

A drunk driving offense occurs when a person drives a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other chemical substances, or drives a motor vehicle with a blood or breath alcohol level of .08 or greater.

refusal

Refusal refers to the actions on the part of the suspected drunk driver taken to decline taking a breath test or a blood test to determine the concentration of alcohol in the suspects bloodstream. While the refusal should be explicit with statements to the effect of "I refuse to take the test" or similar language, the unfortunate reality is that police often charge a person with refusing in other situations, such as when the suspect cannot blow hard enough to make the machine work, or the machine is faulty and will not record results properly.

In any situation, if a person is charge with refusing to submit to a sobriety test and is subsequently convicted, the refusal will count as a drunk driving conviction for purposes of counting the number of prior convictions. The higher the number of prior convictions, the greater the punishment.

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Felony drunk driving charges are very serious. To speak with an attorney today, please call Attorney Fred Slone at (907) 272-4471.

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