{"id":1136,"date":"2021-03-17T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:19:25","slug":"repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, mandatory minimum sentences have been modified or removed from Michigan\u2019s drunk driving statute, and this means that Judges may now sentence a drunk driver to any term of imprisonment, from zero days up to the maximum otherwise provided for the offense.\u00a0 The new law does not change the applicable fines or maximum possible terms of imprisonment, it only eliminates the mandatory aspects of the minimum sentences, making it possible for some repeat DUI offenders to avoid incarceration.<\/p>\n<h3>Legislative History of the New Michigan DUI Laws<\/h3>\n<p>These changes arose out of House Bill 5845, which was introduced in June 2020.\u00a0 The proposed law went through several permutations until it was approved by both houses by a vote of 506 to 38 in December 2020.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter it was introduced to Governor Whitmer. The Bill was signed into law by the Governor on January 4, 2021 and becomes effective on March 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, mandatory minimum sentences have been modified or removed from Michigan\u2019s drunk driving statute, and this means that Judges may now sentence a drunk driver to any term of imprisonment, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-penalties","category-dui-penalties","category-felony-offenses","category-owi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, &#8212; March 17, 2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, &#8212; March 17, 2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Barone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021","description":"A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, &#8212; March 17, 2021","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021","twitter_description":"A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, &#8212; March 17, 2021","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Patrick Barone","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/","url":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/","name":"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-17T16:09:33+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-17T18:19:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da00f897e195cfccca02fe556b53136f"},"description":"A package of new laws allows some of Michigan\u2019s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. As a result of these changes, &#8212; March 17, 2021","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/repeat-drunk-drivers-can-avoid-mandatory-minimum-jail-sentences-under-new-michigan-law\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Repeat Drunk Drivers Can Avoid Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences Under New Michigan Law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/","name":"Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog","description":"Published by Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney \u2014 Barone Defense Firm","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da00f897e195cfccca02fe556b53136f","name":"Patrick Barone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72accf40078879330cdb7caae27be7ad00db64cb0555444fefa6e1a762116037?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72accf40078879330cdb7caae27be7ad00db64cb0555444fefa6e1a762116037?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Patrick Barone"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}