{"id":3391,"date":"2013-05-02T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T21:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/dui-classes\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:48:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:48:01","slug":"dui-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/dui-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI Classes, What Do They All Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"California<\/a>Getting a \u201cDriving Under the Influence\u201d charge (DUI) can be pretty darn scary <\/strong>(here is a link with helpful information from the DMV on what to do if you get a DUI:\u00a0http:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/dl\/driversafety\/<\/a>).\u00a0 Going to court to take care of the charge can be even scarier.\u00a0 You meet with the DA and they inform you that there are all sorts of classes and fines you are going to have to complete and pay in order to plead guilty to the charge.\u00a0 But what are all of those DUI classes?\u00a0 Here is a breakdown of the classes and what they all mean:<\/p>\n

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SB 1176<\/strong> \u2013 This is a class for a first-time California \u201cwet reckless\u201d offense.\u00a0 Now, a \u201cwet reckless\u201d is not something you are ever charged with, but it is something that you can plead down to on a first time DUI.\u00a0 Whether you can plead to a \u201cwet reckless\u201d depends on the circumstances of your DUI, but it usually means you have to pay less fees.<\/p>\n

The \u201cwet reckless\u201d class consists of 12 hours of DUI school.\u00a0 This usually means there are six weekly two hour classes.\u00a0 You cannot miss more than two consecutive classes or three total classes over the course of the six weeks.\u00a0 If you do, the administrator will dismiss you from the program and you have to go back to court.\u00a0 Additionally, if you miss any classes at all, you must make up those missed classes.<\/p>\n

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AB 803<\/strong> \u2013 This is a first time DUI program for those people who are 18 \u2013 20 years old.\u00a0 This one is also a twelve hour course consisting of one, two hour class a week, for six weeks.<\/p>\n

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AB 541<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 This class is the three month program.\u00a0 If you are not able to plead down to a \u201cwet reckless\u201d, this is usually what your class will be, unless your DUI is more serious.\u00a0 This class consists of 10-15 classes over the course of three to four months, totaling about 30 hours of instruction.\u00a0 Expect to have to attend about a meeting a week.\u00a0 You may miss a total of five classes before your DUI school instructor drops you from the class and you have to go back into court.<\/p>\n

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AB 762<\/strong> \u2013 This program was the six month DUI program.\u00a0 It is not as common as most judges prefer the nine month program if your first time DUI is serious enough to warrant the nine month program.\u00a0 However, the judge might put you in this program if the judge believes three months is not going to be enough, but 9 months is too much.\u00a0 You are allowed seven absences from this program before you are dropped and have to go back before the judge.<\/p>\n

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AB 1353<\/strong> \u2013 This is the nine month program.\u00a0 If you receive this program with a first time DUI, it means your BAC was 0.20% or higher. \u00a0\u00a0This is also the program you would receive if you were convicted of a \u201cwet reckless\u201d and were convicted of another \u201cwet reckless\u201d or DUI in the last 10 years.\u00a0 This nine month program consists of 60 hours of class instruction and you are allowed seven absences before you are dropped from the program and have to go back to court.<\/p>\n

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SB 38<\/strong> \u2013 This program is 18 months and is for second time DUI offenders.\u00a0 This class consists of bi weekly interviews during your first year, hours of community reentry monitoring, and close to 80 hours of instruction.\u00a0 You may miss a total of ten classes before the provider may drop you from the course.<\/p>\n

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SB 1365<\/strong> \u2013 This class is a 30 month course.\u00a0 AS of now, Los Angeles County and Stanislaus County are the only counties that offer this program.\u00a0 If your BAC is particularly high on your second DUI or if this is your third, or subsequent, DUI, the court may order this program.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say, it\u2019s a lot of work and time.\u00a0 You are permitted to miss 15 classes before you are dropped from the program.<\/p>\n

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What Happens if I am Dropped from my Program?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you miss more than the allotted number of absences, or you are non compliant, and the provider drops you from the program, you are in violation of your probation.\u00a0 This will trigger a warrant for your arrest and you will have to go back to court.\u00a0 Once back in court you will have to convince the judge to get allow you to re-enroll in your program.\u00a0 You will likely have to admit the violation in order for the judge to allow you to re-enroll.\u00a0 Admitting violations can become a problem later on when you want to try and expunge your misdemeanor charge.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, getting a DUI is complex and there are many ways to make things worse in court if you don\u2019t know what you are doing.\u00a0 Should you find yourself facing a DUI charge or a violation for getting dropped from your program, give us a call: 800-797-8406.\u00a0 We can help.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting a \u201cDriving Under the Influence\u201d charge (DUI) can be pretty darn scary (here is a link with helpful information from the DMV on what to do if you get a DUI:\u00a0http:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/dl\/driversafety\/).\u00a0 Going to court to take care of the charge can be even scarier.\u00a0 You meet with the DA and they inform you that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[403,457,7,221,222,310,80],"class_list":["post-3391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-criminal-law-blog","tag-1st-time-dui-in-california","tag-drunk-driving-dui-classes-in-ca","tag-dui","tag-dui-consequences","tag-dui-penalties","tag-dui-punishments","tag-second-time-dui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5423,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions\/5423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}