3rd Felony DUI
N/AOUTCOME: Plea to Misdemeanor DUI with no Jail
Court: New London Superior Court The client was charged with 3rd offender Felony DUI and faced a minimum sentence of one year if convicted. The client advised he would lose his job and professional ... license if convicted of a felony and sentenced to jail. Therefore, the client elected to go to trial rather than accept the prosecutor's offer to plead to a 2nd offense DUI. After Attorney Sills had selected a jury and was about to start trial, the prosecutor agreed to reduce the charge to a 1st offense Misdemeanor DUI with no jail, which met all of the client's requirements for accepting an offer.