Dante Kraus, a 45 year-old motorcyclist, was arrested for suspicion of a DUI, after he ran a red light while exiting Interstate 75.  At the time of the alleged driving and his arrest, he was completely naked.  He had been drinking at a local Hooters restaurant and did not remember how he lost his clothes.  Incredibly, this is the fifth time that he has been charged with DUI in the state of Florida.

Under Washington DUI law, if you are convicted of two or more drunk driving offenses within any seven-year period, the mandatory minimum sentence that will be imposed increases dramatically.  For example, if you are convicted of a second DUI offense within the seven years of your first offense, you will be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of either thirty or forty-five days in jail.  If it was your first offense, however, the mandatory minimum jail sentence is only one or two days in jail.

Our Washington DUI lawyers make it a point to emphasize to every one of our first-time DUI clients that a second drunk driving charge can result in the imposition of significant jail time and a multi-year license revocation.