DUI - A trip report

[inishowen]

You received the automatic suspension letter from the DMV because of the arrest. You will receive another letter from the DMV after they get the disposition of your case thru CORI. You will then have to appear befroe a DMV hearing officer to make your case with the letter you received from the judge for nullification of the DMV penalties for a guilty (no contest) in a DUI.

[HitHard69]

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You received the automatic suspension letter from the DMV because of the arrest. You will receive another letter from the DMV after they get the disposition of your case thru CORI. You will then have to appear befroe a DMV hearing officer to make your case with the letter you received from the judge for nullification of the DMV penalties for a guilty (no contest) in a DUI.

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I'm not going to argue with you anymore. I'm just going to assume this is on a state by state basis. Perhaps this is how it works in your state. I called my attorney today to ask about this and he said it doesn't exist in my state.

[CheckRaise]

alright I looked up Minnesota DUI laws and founds this:

"Minnesota’s DWI laws are among the strongest in the nation. Under Minnesota DWI / DUI laws, refusal to take a chemical test following an arrest for drunk driving is a separate criminal offense."

You also lose your license for a least one year if you refuse a test. I wonder if your strategy would still work with this separate criminal offense.

[guids]

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alright I looked up Minnesota DUI laws and founds this:

"Minnesota’s DWI laws are among the strongest in the nation. Under Minnesota DWI / DUI laws, refusal to take a chemical test following an arrest for drunk driving is a separate criminal offense."

You also lose your license for a least one year if you refuse a test. I wonder if your strategy would still work with this separate criminal offense.

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can the lawyerws in the house explain to me how you have the right to refuse these tests, but yet they make it a criminal offence to do so? Like eventually can the law be "you hvae the right to free speech, but if it is the wrong speech you will be charged with a crime"?

[HitHard69]

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You received the automatic suspension letter from the DMV because of the arrest. You will receive another letter from the DMV after they get the disposition of your case thru CORI. You will then have to appear befroe a DMV hearing officer to make your case with the letter you received from the judge for nullification of the DMV penalties for a guilty (no contest) in a DUI.

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Sorry for the bump, but I received a letter from the DMV a few days ago saying that due to my plea bargain, my license is indeed valid. Sorry bro, but like I told you, you were wrong.

[inishowen]

Good for you. Seriously, good for you. The loss of license part of DUI is the most severe aspect of the penalty in my opinion. It's automatic in my state (MA) and I'd assume the same in most others. Your case has to be very, very rare.

Good luck.