MARK D. KELLY CRIMINAL DEFENSE LLC
Minnesota Attorney with 30 Years of Experience
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Felony DUI
Minnesota criminal law defines the term felony to mean any crime for which incarceration of more than one year may be imposed. Under Minnesota's felony DWI law, a person who commits first-degree DWI is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to:
>>imprisonment for not more than seven years
(or more than seven years if the person has
other prior criminal history);
>> a fine of not more than $14,000;or both.
A person is guilty of first-degree DWI if the
person violates DWI law:
>> within ten years of three or more qualified
prior impaired driving incidents (defined as
prior convictions or license revocations for
separate impaired driving incidents); or
>> has previously been convicted of a felony
DWI crime; or
>> has previously been convicted of a felony level
crime of criminal vehicular homicide or injury (CVO) involving alcohol or
controlled substances.
