A Guide to Search Results for "California Felony DUI" and "California Felony Drunk Driving"

The search term "california felony dui" or "california felony drunk driving" is usually used by people who are looking for information about california's felony dui or drunk driving laws. "Felony DUI", the abbreviation for felony driving under the influence, refers to one of two more serious versions of the misdemeanor drunk driving charge. The differences in the first, DUI with injury, are primarily two. First, the offense requires more than just driving either (1) under the influence or (2) with .08% blood-alcohol or more, but further requires an injury to another caused by the driving. It further requires (3) a serious injury to another human being. In some jurisdictions, such as California, the felony offense also requires (4) independent proof of negligent driving or violation of a traffic law. Second, the offense is usually punishable by a prison sentence, rather than a shorter county jail sentence such as with a misdemeanor. The second and more recent version of the felony DUI charge is brought where the driver has a bad criminal record involving DUIs, usually three or more prior convictions within a period of time (commonly seven years, as in California felony DUI), or a previous felony DUI conviction.

The term "dui" is an abbreviation for the phrase "driving under the influence". It can refer to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or a combination of the two. It is sometimes used interchangeably with such phrases as "drunk driving", "dwi" or "driving while intoxicated", though "dui" is the most commonly employed term in California. It can also refer to the offense of so-called DUI "per se": driving a vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of .08% or higher. In most cases, an arrest will result in prosecution for both offenses.

Are you looking for information about "California felony dui" or "California felony drunk driving"?

• Felony DUI Statistics and Resources
  Information, statistics and links on felony DUI, sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
• Non-Injury Felony DUI (PDF Downlaod)
  Summary of laws by state providing for felony charges in DUI cases where ther is no injury, prvided by the American Prosecutor's Research Institute.
• The Felony DUI Statute
  California Vehicle Code section 23153.
• California DUI Statutes
  The various drunk driving laws, presented by the Livermore Police Department.
• DUI Blog
  Commentary on the defects, fallacies and Constitutional damage of the "war on drunk driving".
• Summary of DUI Laws
  California's drunk driving laws, including felony drunk driving, from the Auto Club.
• MADD
  State-by-state summary of DUI laws, including felony DUI, from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
• Hardcore DUI (PDF Download)
  Summary of legislative/judicial/administrative approaches to dealing with "hardcore" DUIs, particularly felons.
• Arrest Statistics
  California arrest statistics, including felony/misdemeanor DUI, from the Attorney General.
• California DUI Information
  General legal information about drunk driving laws.
• DUI Laws Nationwide
  Summary of state felony drunk driving laws involving injury, from the National Conference of State Legislatures.
• FindLaw
  Links to DUI resources.
• HealthSearch
  More links to drunk driving information.

Are you looking for a California attorney who specializes in drunk driving defense?

• California DUI
  Good discussion of the factors to consider in looking for a lawyer to represent you, including recommendations as to the best DUI attorneys in California.
• California DUI Attorneys
  Highly-rated 8-attorney California firm; DUI defense exclusively.