no license?

Question

my fiancee goes to court in decenber for being a habitual offender with a suspended license. this is the 2nd time he got caught and thrown in jail...what can they do to him? I am so worried...he is the breadwinner to our family.

his charges this time are driv. while license suspended, expired registration, no proof of insurance and cracked windsheild

we are in florida and the reason he got his license taken away was unpaid parking tickets, not a DUI.

Answer 1

just remember to take your family with you when you go to court and maybe if you are members of a church have the pastor or priest make out a letter to the judge this always helps and from his work as well letting the judge know that he is a good person,he is always on time to work,never misses work etc,this all ways helps take if from experience don't forget as well to make a letter your self to the judge letting him know that he is a good father and also the bread winner in the family and that you need him in your life and in your child's life with out him you would have to resort to getting welfare and food stamps good luck

Answer 2

It doesn't look good. According to MADD, 50-70% (depending on state) of drivers whose licenses are suspended drive anyway. Many get caught -- and many of those for the same offense they had their license suspended for in the first place, typically for DUI.

I would suggest hiring a specialist lawyer. You can't work your own deal with the prosecutor. Only a lawyer can do that. You might strike it lucky -- there could be a defect in the case. Without knowing what state (or country) you're in, I can't comment on the likely outcome except that in many or most states it involves jail if drink is involved. (If suspension is under the new rules because the driver is an illegal alien the serious part is usually driving without insurance (because insurance depends on being licensed; and after a year in the US a foreign license is usually no longer valid (it might be, but only in a state you do not live in). See http://snurl.com/uninsuredalien for a Calif. case on this.)

I would like to say something encouraging, but really it's hard to find something to advise beyond (1) finding a driving-offense lawyer and (2) visiting the courthouse to see how these cases work. You might be able to talk to defendants and their lawyers, and choose a lawyer that way.

Answer 3

Repeatedly committing the same crime tends to show that the person will continue to repeatedly commit the same crime again. That's the concept of "habitual offender" status.

What can happen is up to the judge, and the relevant state laws.
What's most likely to happen is permanent loss of license.