I got a DUI but no chargers or traffic school?

Question

Ok, a friend got a dui and recieved a letter from the DMV stating his license will be suspended for 4 months. He was 21 at the time but he never received a fine or traffic school dates in the mail which I know you're supposed to receive. It's been almost 5 months now so what do you think? They dissmissed the charges but still gave him a dui?

Answer 1

DO NOT call anybody suggested. FIRST call your lawyer.

Answer 2

It sounds to me like your friend might have refuse to take a test to check his blood alcohol level (BAC). In most states refusal to take a test results in an automatic suspension of your driver's license for a year, although time may vary state to state.

Another possibility is that he was mailed a summons and did not show up. Prosecution can continued without the defendant's presence. As a result, he might have been found guilty "in absentee".

Suggestion, call your local municipal or justice court and see if he has a case pending/sentenced. If there has been adjudication he needs to find out the sentence so he doesn't get arrest for non-compliance. If the case is still open, get with courts before a "failure to appear" warrant is issued Good luck

Answer 3

usually the diff. between Driving Under the Influence and Driving While Intoxicated is that DUI is for minors U/21yoa who have been driving with ANY detectable amount of alcohol, but who are not stumbling drunk, DWI is for anyone of any age over 17yoa (this is the age you have to be to be booked into county jail) who is driving who appears to have lost control of mental faculties necessary to operate a vehicles. It would seem to me that your friend mistakenly got charged with DUI instead of DWI and because he is over 21 the charges were automatically dismissed because it was the wrong charge. OR Your friend got charged with DWI because he was 21yoa or older and the paperwork was submitted to the Dept. of Public Safety (which explains the letter) and the actual criminal case against your friend has been referred to the District Attorney's office for prosecution, and sometimes it can take a couple of months or even longer for your friend to get called into court and have to go to trial. Call the District Attorney's Office. If not, then obtain a copy of the police report and have your friend ask the clerk what actually happened with that case.

Answer 4

Well good for your friend, he broke the law and now he gets a walk. Boy that was close wasn't it, he almost had to be a man and stand up to what he had done. Don't be an idiot, he hasn't heard the last of this, I hope he loses his license for a couple of years, I hope he's stupid enough to drive while suspended and most of all I hope he gets caught driving while under suspension. Just my humble opinion of course.

Answer 5

Your friend needs to immediately go the clerk of the county court and request all of his records from the time they were of legal age and spring about 15 buks for their "history" they are waiting ,the wolves are waiting.Any and all charges police reports etc should be available to your friend,knowledge IS power

Answer 6

Drunk driving is illegal for a reason and I hope that what ever happens to him, happens only to him and not some poor slob coming home from work.

Answer 7

Hey your friend got lucky, the state gave him a second chance so now it's up to him to embrace it or not

Answer 8

I would call the DMV to find out.

Answer 9

you ain't for real this is big money Police agency keep a percentage of that fine BS someone like your drunk friend