Felony DUI

In Arizona, DUIs can be charged as felonies if you have at least two prior felony convictions within eighty-four months of a current allegation, or if you're driving on a suspended, revoked, or cancelled license at the time of the DUI, or if you have someone of the age of fifteen in the vehicle. For a suspended license DUI or a DUI with priors, you're looking at what's called a class 4 felony. That's a felony that's punishable with imprisonment for a presumptive term of two years and a half years. However, if it's a first offense probation can be available. If placed on probation the judge would still have to sentence you to four months in the Arizona department of corrections as a term of condition of your probation. If they allegation is a DUI while having an occupant in the car who's under the age of fifteen, those DUIs are punishable against the standards of the misdemeanor DUI although it can remain a felony on your record. The penalty could track the misdemeanor DUI statutes and there they look at the DUI level. So, if you're a .08 a .15 the minimum is one day, if over .15 it jumps to thirty days and if you're over .20 it can be 45 days in jail. With any felony DUI you can lose your license even up to three years. They can be very serious charges and they can be felonies that can be called life time priors. That means a felony that can be illegible for life. So, if you're charged with a felony DUI it's important that you speak with an attorney, have your case reviewed to see if there's any defenses available to you.