Michigan 2nd Offense, 3rd Offense and Aggravated DUI Lawyer

Aggravated DUI Attorney in Michigan

If a your arrested for a 2nd or 3rd offense DUI, or if car accident involves alcohol and ends up with injuries, the criminal system can be complex and pretty harsh. An aggravated DUI charge for a 2nd or 3rd drunk driving, or an DUI-related injury can result in substantial, serious consequences. If you or a loved one needs help with a DUI charge, the experienced Michigan Enhanced Offense DUI lawyers at Jeffrey Randa and Associates can provide reliable and skilled legal assistance.

What’s an Enhanced Offense DUI Charge?

The punishment for operating a vehicle while intoxicated is already serious. However, the penalties if convicted of a DUI with aggravating factors are significantly increased. The factors that can lead to enhanced DUI or additional charges include:

• Having a prior DUI conviction (or having multiple prior convictions)
• An accident that results in serious injury or death
• Driving under the influence and transporting a minor child
• A significantly high alcohol test result
• Drugs or firearms were in the vehicle

There are many factors that can lead to enhanced DUI or additional charges in the Greater Detroit area of Michigan. As genuine DUI lawyers, we will clearly explain how the drunk driving laws are handled in the courts of the Detroit area. If you are facing any of these serious charges, having a Michigan criminal defense DUI attorney from our firm can make a huge difference in the outcome of you case.

What Are the Basics of Impaired Driving Laws in Metro Detroit, MI?

Michigan has a zero-tolerance law, meaning it’s a crime for any driver under the age of 21 to have any amount of alcohol in their system (“any” alcohol is defined as having a BAC of .02 or above). For a driver over age 21, operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content (or “BAC)” of 0.08 or higher in Detroit is a crime.

What Does “Super Drunk Driving” or “High BAC” Mean in Detroit, MI?

In Michigan, we us the term “High BAC” for what is sometimes called “super drunk.” This charge requires that the driver to have a BAC of 0.17 or more. It only applies to first offense cases, and only if a person has had no prior DUI convictions within 7 years, or has not had 2 prior DUI convictions in his or her lifetime.

If you are pulled over and tested at this higher level of intoxicated driving, the criminal penalties are significantly harsher than for a regular Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) charge and can include:

• More jail time
• Higher fines
• A longer driver’s license suspension, and
• A requirement to use an ignition interlock device when driving

In Michigan, other potential penalties for a third offense felony DUI conviction can include up to $5,000 in fines, 30 days in jail as a mandatory minimum sentence (unless a person is admitted into a specialty court program, or the third offense felony OWI charge is reduced to a second offense misdemeanor), and/or between 60 and 180 days of community service.

Of course, how those penalties are imposed varies from court to court in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs.

If you need help or to discuss the possible penalties you might face following an DUI, the experienced staff at Jeffrey Randa and Associates will be glad to review the details of your specific case and explain the financial costs associated with a drunk driving case.

What Are Some of the Financial Costs of Drunk Driving?

The costs of a DUI can add up fast. Some potential financial costs if you are convicted of an Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) charge can include the following:

• Fines and court costs
• Legal fees
• An increase in your future auto insurance rates
• Car towing and storage fees and costs
• Counseling services
• The cost of a bail bond
• Installation and maintenance costs for an interlock device
• Probation oversight fees
• Wage loss if you lose your job/your professional license or just miss time at work
• Restitution costs from driving while impaired

Our team can help you get out of a DUI mess with as little financial impact as possible.

What Is Restitution?

If you’re involved in an accident and face charges for a DUI incident, you can be required to pay restitution to the victim hurt or property damaged in the accident. This means you are ordered by a court to provide payments to attempt to make the injured party “whole” from their losses.

Also, insurance companies often require that you reimburse them for what they’ve had to pay by way of a victim’s expenses.

In certain case, drunk driving costs can be substantial. An experienced attorney from our firm can help work through the restitution process as painlessly as possible. The financial consequences of an impaired driving charge in the Detroit area can have a huge negative impact your life. This is purposeful, because Michigan’s DUI laws are designed to keep our roads safe and discourage people from driving under the influence.

What Defenses Exist for A 2nd, 3rd or Enhanced Offense DUI Charge?

In Michigan, there are several defenses that might help with a DUI charge, like:

• Improper or unlawful stop. If you were improperly or unlawfully stopped by the police, the resulting DUI charge you face might possibly be dismissed.
• Improper sobriety test(s) performed in the field. If an offer decides someone has failed a sobriety test, those results can be challenged. Field sobriety tests are notoriously inaccurate and often subjective.
• Unreliable chemical test results. Sometimes, common items like asthma spray, hairspray, cough drops, or paints can interfere with test results.
• Breath or blood testing was inaccurate. If the equipment used to perform your BAC testing was inaccurate or not properly calibrated, an attorney can argue the testing wasn’t performed accurately.
• Insufficient evidence exists that you were actually driving. Sometimes, there isn’t enough proof to show you actually were operating a vehicle.
• A violation of your constitutional rights can invalidate your arrest. For example, the officer may have been potentially biased against you and arrested you despite a lack of probable cause.

This is just a small sample; there may be any of many other defenses available to help defend against the DUI charges you’re facing. As experienced DUI attorneys, we can explore all of the possible ways to defend your actions and to beat the charges you’re facing.

Since the consequences are more serious than for a simple, first offense DUI, contact the experienced Michigan Enhanced Offense DUI attorneys at our firm to discuss how we can help you beat these serious enhanced charges.

Legal Help Is Available Right Away

At Jeffrey Randa and Associates, we have literally helped thousands of clients facing 2nd offense, 3rd offense, aggravated DUI and enhanced DUI charges. We are never satisfied just letting a client plead guilty when we can gather evidence or find a way to help him or her build a strong defense. We work hard to either beat the case entirely, or negotiate with the prosecutor to reduce your charge and/or possible sentence.

Ultimately, you hire a lawyer to either beat the charge completely, or to at least avoid as many of the legal penalties and negative consequences as possible. Our firm truly believes that success in a DUI case is best measured by what does NOT happen to you.

We are ready to fight for your rights and to get started on building a solid defense. Contact Jeffrey Randa and Associates for a free, no-risk initial consultation today.

FAQs

What Are Some Possible Defenses to a Michigan Enhanced Offense DUI?

You may have many possible defenses you can use to defend against a greater Detroit area aggravated or enhanced DUI charge, including things like demonstrating involuntary intoxication, an improper traffic stop, that the police made a procedural error in the stop, improper field sobriety test(s), problems in the gathering of the evidence, or with the actual arrest itself..

An experienced Michigan Enhanced Offense DUI lawyer at Jeffrey Randa and Associates can explore what defenses are available to help your case.

What Does an Enhanced Offense DUI Lawyer Cost?

Every lawyer sets his or her own fees for DUI and enhanced Enhanced Offense DUI cases. At Jeffrey Randa and Associates, we actually publish our prices online and offer a free consultations for potential clients that’s done over the phone, right when you call. All of our DUI cases are handled on a flat-fee basis.Since there’s no risk involved, contact Jeffrey Randa to discuss your DUI issue. We can answer any questions you might have, and give you an exact price quote on the spot.

Is It Difficult to Get an Enhanced Offense DUI Dismissed in Michigan?

It is possible to get an enhanced DUI dismissed in the Detroit area courts. Of course doing that depends on several case-specific factors. Our skilled DUI attorneys will work hard to identify any case weaknesses to help lead to a dismissal of your DUI charge. If the evidence is strong enough to survive a legal challenge, then the goal is to get your DUI charge reduced. Contact the trusted team at Jeffrey Randa and Associates for help dismissing your DUI or aggravated enhanced DUI charges.

Contact Jeffrey Randa and Associates – An Experienced Michigan Enhanced Offense DUI Lawyer

Even though we’ve helped thousands of clients with DUI cases like yours, we handle every case based on its own specific facts. After all, every case is unique, so your defense should be, as well.

We are friendly, professional people who pour our hearts into every DUI case we handle. We are proud to be honest, and you can trust that we only take clients where we know our legal experience can actually help.

If you need help with any DUI charge in the Greater-Detroit area, our initial consultations are free. You don’t have anything to lose! We handle our DUI cases on a flat-fee basis, and we’re ready to discuss your charges.

We can start investigating the basis for your DUI charges and work to ensure you get the best case result possible.

Contact Jeffrey Randa at Jeffrey Randa and Associates right away for a free, confidential consultation about your Michigan DUI or Enhanced Offense DUI matter.

Michigan 2nd Offense, 3rd Offense DUI Resources

• Michigan 3rd Offense Felony DUI Penalties & Strategies
• How to Avoid Jail Time for a 3rd DUI Offense in Michigan
• 3rd Offense DUI in Michigan – How to get the Best Results in Your Case
• 2nd Offense DUI in Michigan – What you need to Hear

Michigan 2nd Offense, 3rd Offense and Aggravated DUI Legal Law Resources

• Michigan Compiled Laws Section 257.625
• Michigan Secretary of State: License Reinstatement After 2nd OWI
• Michigan District Courts: Handling 2nd Offense OWI Cases

Meet Our Michigan DUI Defense Attorneys

We take pride in our team’s exceptional skills and compassionate approach, with a
commitment to being welcoming, extremely friendly, and transparent to all our clients.

Genevieve Taylor

Senior Associate

Genevieve Taylor

Jeffrey J. Randa

Founder

Jeffrey J. Randa

Eric C. Adams

Attorney

Eric C. Adams