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AL SB386
Bill
AI Summary
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Increases minimum mandatory sentence for fourth or subsequent driving under the influence violation from 10 days to 90 days in county jail.
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Removes the five-year lookback period for prior convictions; allows courts to consider any prior driving while impaired conviction from Alabama, other states, or territories when imposing sentences.
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Expands the types of prior offenses that can be considered to include convictions from other jurisdictions regardless of whether they adopted Alabama's specific DUI laws, so long as the offense violated the respective jurisdiction's impaired driving law.
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Classifies fourth or subsequent DUI violation as a Class C felony with imprisonment of not less than one year and one day, with a minimum mandatory 90-day jail sentence that cannot be suspended or probated.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, driving under the influence, minimum mandatory sentence, fourth or subsequent violation provided for, offenses considered when sentencing, Sec. 32-5A-191 am'd.
Crimes and Offenses
Last Action
Indefinitely Postponed
6/1/2011