 |
 |
|||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
|||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WARNING!
If you were arrested and charged with refusal to submit to a breath test or having a breath alcohol content of .10 grams or greater, your license or your privilege to drive in this state will be revoked beginning 7 days from the date of your arrest, unless you request an administrative review/hearing at the Division of Motor Vehicles within 7 days of your arrest.
Contact our office immediately to protect your license.
DUI Criminal Proceedings
Drunk driving offenses are complex cases. Here are the basic facts concerning DUI/DWI in Alaska.
DUI, often referred to as DWI or Drunk Driving, is a crime in Alaska. It can either be a Misdemeanor or a Felony. Under current law, it is a felony if a person has two or more prior convictions for DUI or refusal to submit to a breath test within 10 years prior to arrest in the current case.
A person commits the crime of DUI in one of two ways:
(1) driving while under the influence of alcohol or other chemical substances, or
(2) driving with a blood or breath alcohol level of .08 or greater. "Under the influence" essentially means that a person's mental or physical abilities are impaired to such a degree that he is unable to drive his vehicle with the care and caution of a reasonable person.
DUI Administrative Revocation
In addition to the criminal proceedings, driving in the state of Alaska is a privilege and can be revoked by the DMV. The rules of evidence and the proceedings for administrative revocation are different than the criminal proceedings.
To learn more about the administrative and criminal proceedings click on the links to the left.
Fred Slone has 20 years of experience defending DUI cases.