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DUI Defense Department

Our firm has extensive experience defending those arrested for Driving Under the Influence. While we handle all types of criminal defense matters, we focus on Driving Under the Influence, Driving Under the Influence with Serious Bodily Injury and Driving Under the Influence Manslaughter. Since 2000, Mr. Miller has defended more than 1,000 people accused of DUI. Mr. Miller attends seminars across the state and nation every year to keep well-versed with the most recent case law and defenses. More importantly, he is in “the arena” defending these types of charges. Call G. Kipling Miller, Esquire, today, for your free consultation and he will personally evaluate the merits of your case.

Arrested for DUI?

A person is guilty of driving under the influence if the person is driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle within this state while under the influence of alcohol, any chemical substances set forth in section 877.111, or any substance controlled under chapter 893 (Florida Statutes) when affected to the extent that the person’s normal faculties are impaired or has a blood or breath alcohol level of 0.08 or greater.

DUI – A CUMULATIVE CRIME

First Offense DUI – if this is your first offense, the crime is punishable as follows:

  • Fines

  • Driver’s License revocation (up to 1 year)

  • Jail (up to 6 months)

  • Vehicle impoundment (10 days)

  • Probation (up to 12 months)

  • Attendance at the alcohol safety education class and victim awareness class

  • Community Service

Second Offense DUI (this includes out of state convictions) outside of 5 years, is punishable as follows:

  • Fines

  • Driver’s License Revocation

  • Jail (up to 9 months)

  • Vehicle Impoundment (30 days)

  • Probation (up to 12 months)

  • Attendance at the alcohol safety education class and victim awareness class

  • Community Service

  • Interlock device (installed at your expense)

Second Offense DUI (this includes out of state convictions) within 5 years, is punishable as follows:

  • Fines

  • Driver’s License Revocation (5 years)

  • Jail (minimum mandatory 10 days up to 9 months)

  • Vehicle Impoundment (30 days)

  • Probation (up to 12 months)

  • Attendance at the alcohol safety education class and victim awareness class

  • Community Service

  • Interlock device (installed at your expense)

Third Offense DUI (this includes out of state convictions) outside of 10 years, is punishable as follows:

  • Fines

  • Driver’s License Revocation (up to 1 year)

  • Jail (up to 1 year)

  • Vehicle Impoundment (90 days)

  • Probation (up to 1 year)

  • Attendance at the alcohol safety education class and victim awareness class

  • Community Service

  • Interlock device (installed at your expense)

Third Offense DUI (this includes out of state convictions) within 10 years, is punishable as follows:

  • Fines

  • Driver’s License Revocation (10 years)

  • Jail (minimum mandatory 30 days up to 5 years)

  • Vehicle Impoundment (90 days)

  • Probation (up to 5 years, if charged as a felony)

  • Attendance at the alcohol safety education class and victim awareness class

  • Community Service

  • Interlock device (installed at your expense)
     

  • If the date of the offense for the third conviction is within 10 years of a prior conviction, the person can be charged with FELONY DUI!

  • If the person is convicted and has an alcohol level of .15 or more or there was a person under the age of 18 in the car, the aforementioned fines are increased!

  • At the court’s discretion, the defendant may be ordered to serve the term of a jail sentence in a residential alcohol/drug treatment program. Each day spent in treatment will count towards a day in jail.

Felony DUI

  • If a person has three or more prior convictions for DUI, the person may be prosecuted for Felony DUI

  • If a person is DUI and causes or contributes to the cause of a crash involving serious bodily injury, the person is subject to being charged with DUI/SBI (DUI/Serious Bodily Injury).

  • If a person is DUI and causes or contributes to the cause of a crash involving death, the person is subject to being charged with DUI Manslaughter.

G. Kipling Miller, Esquire, has extensive experience in defending these types of serious crimes.
Call him NOW and he will personally evaluate the merits of your case
and discuss all possible defenses!

Your Driving Privileges

  • DUI is a criminal charge exposing you to a conviction on your driving record for the rest of your life.

  • Please immediately review your DUI ticket. Are you eligible to drive for 10 calendar days?

  • You may be granted a 42 day temporary driver’s license permit which will allow you to drive for work purposes and to maintain your livelihood.

  • In order to attempt to invalidate the forthcoming suspension imposed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, you must request a formal review hearing within 10 calendar days of your arrest.

  • If you fail to request a formal review hearing, your license will be suspended!

Our office can request this formal review hearing for you.
G. Kipling Miller, Esquire, has conducted several thousand DMV hearings.

Once we request the formal review hearing, we will request the appropriate documents needed to defend your case. If appropriate, we will subpoena the officer(s) to testify at the hearing.

If the administrative suspension is set aside,
you will have a valid driver’s license pending the outcome of your criminal DUI case.

We offer you a free consultation in all DUI matters. Our objective is to zealously defend your case. We will discuss the facts of your case with you and explore all possible defenses.

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