Motley Crue singer enters plea with Vegas DUI

By Jeff Butler, Esq.


According to the AP, Motley Crue singer starts serving his 15-day jail sentence for his Las Vegas DUI conviction. The Las Vegas Police, the 50-year rocker arrived at the Clark County Detention Center at 10:15 a.m.. He is being housed separately; so he is not being house with the other inmates.

Last month, the singer pled guilty to drunk driving last summer near the Las Vegas Strip. Under his plea deal, he was sentenced 15 days on house arrest, 15 days in jail, and fined $585. The plea deal also spared him a public trial, something he wanted to avoid. Last June, the Las Vegas Police had pulled Neil over while he was driving his black Lamborghini sports car after he had left the Las Vegas Hilton Resort.

It is important for individuals to talk with a DUI attorney about legal options. A DUI attorney can help individuals arrange plea bargains with prosecutors in an attempt to reduce public embarrassment and reduce sentences. For instance, without a plea deal, a conviction could have led Neil to faced up to six months jail time.

Effective July 1, 2009, the Utah Senate Bill 272 increased driver license suspension periods for certain driving under the influence offenses. If this is your 1st DUI and you are 21 or older the day of your arrest, the suspension period increased from 90 days to 120 days. If this is your 2nd or subsequent DUI and you are 21 or older on the day of your arrest, the revocation period changes from one year to two years. And if you are 21 or older and you choose not to submit to a chemical test and have had a previous sanction for certain alcohol related offenses, your revocation period changes from 24 months to 36 months. Moreover, if you are under 21 on the date of arrest but this is your 1st DUI, your suspension period increases from 90 days to 120 days or until you are 21, whichever is longer.

The courts can also require that a minor's driver license be suspended for 1 year if a minor has violated certain alcohol related offenses for the first time and the violation was after July 1, 2009, and a period for 2 years for a second or subsequent violation. It also allows the court to reduce a minor's driver license suspension for a first offense if the minor completes an educational series obtained at a substance abuse program that is approved by the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.




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