Drunk Driving DUI Law

A 22-year-old York man has been sentenced to five years’ probation and given credit for time served for his third drunken-driving conviction. His blood-alcohol level tested out at 0.299%, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08%. The charge was a Class 3A felony, which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years, and three [...]

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An Omaha Nebraska man arrested a fourth time for suspected drunken driving in less than two years has been given 2 to 4 years in prison. Judge Robert Steinke of Platte County District Court told the 55-year-old Nebraska DUI convict that he’d wasted a second chance at probation when he was arrested again. The judge [...]

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Nebraska Man Sentenced for Lincoln Aggravated DUI A district judge sentenced a 53-year-old Lincoln man Thursday to four to six years in prison for aggravated fourth-offense DUI. According to court records, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped Hayes at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 5 because he didn’t have license plates. The trooper discovered his license had [...]

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A Colorado woman has been sentenced to three to five years in prison for seriously injuring two men while driving drunk. The Nebraska State Patrol has said the 50-year-old hit and injured Richard and Bob White on Dec. 23. Bob White is a longtime track and cross country coach in Lincoln, Neb. The troopers said [...]

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Nebraska DUI laws provide for two separate cases when someone is arrested for DUI in Nebraska. The first case is an Administrative License Revocation Hearing (also called an ALR Hearing). Under Nebraska DUI law, an ALR Hearing is a civil hearing where the state is trying to suspend your driving privileges for a period of [...]

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