DUI Appeals Reports 01/01/16

DUI Appeals Reports 01/01/16

The Third District holds that a criminal court may not modify a final judgment, including a sentence, nunc pro tunc except when the original sentence was void or it contains a clerical error.

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DUI Appeal Reports 11/24/2015

DUI Appeal Reports 11/24/2015

The 8th District reaffirms that the maximum sentence for a third-degree felony OVI without a specification conviction is 3 years while the 5th District holds there is reasonable suspicion to stop a bicyclist who rides in the middle of the road, then rides into an OVI checkpoint, but jumps out of the checkpoint by riding his bicycle over the curb and on to the sidewalk.

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DUI Appeals Reports 11/21/15

DUI Appeals Reports 11/21/15

Two cases from the 11th District, granting an appeal in one case after the trial court admitted into evidence a defendant's prior OVI convictions over his offer to stipulate to the prior convictions, and modifying a sentence in a second case after misapplication of the sentencing statutes.

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