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DUI Causing Property Damage or Personal Injury

Tampa Attorney for DUI Causing Property Damage or Personal Injury

If you have been charged with DUI causing property damage (or even non-serious personal injury) contact an experienced Tampa DUI Attorney to discuss your case. Call 813-250-0500 today. Our experienced DUI defense attorneys represent clients throughout the Tampa Bay area, including Tampa, Hillsborough County, and the surrounding areas of Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, and Manatee County.

DUI with Non-Serious Injury or Property Damage under Florida Law

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) causing property damage or non-serious personal injury is a serious criminal offense with serious criminal penalties under Florida Statute 316.193(3). In fact, even if you have no prior record, DUI causing property damage or any non-serious personal injury is a First Degree Misdemeanor punishable by 12 months in the county jail, in addition to the other statutory minimum punishments for DUI. Contact a Tampa DUI Lawyer for more information.

Elements of DUI Property Damage or Personal Injury

In order to prove the crime of driving under the influence causing property damage or any non-serious injury, the prosecutor for the State of Florida must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

  1. The Defendant drove or was in actual physical control of a vehicle;
  2. As a result of operating the vehicle, the defendant caused or contributed to causing injury to another OR damage to the property of another;
  3. While driving or in actual physical control of the vehicle, the defendant either:
    1. Was under the influence of an alcoholic beverages, a chemical substance, or a controlled substance to the extent that the defendant's normal faculties were impaired; or
    2. had a blood or breath alcohol level (BAC) of .08 or more grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or 210 liters of breath. 

Enhanced Penalties for DUI Property Damage or Personal Injury

Enhanced penalties can also be imposed if one of the following elements are proven:

  1. The defendant had a blood or breath alcohol level (BAC) of .15 or higher while driving or in actual physical control of the vehicle; or
  2. The defendant was accompanied in the vehicle by a person under the age of 18 years at the time of the driving under the influence.

Florida DUI laws define the term "normal faculties" as including but not being limited to the ability to see, hear, walk, talk, judge distances, drive an automobile, make judgments, act in emergencies and, in general, to normally perform the many mental and physical acts of our daily lives.

Hiring a Tampa Attorney for DUI Property Damage or Personal Injury

If you have been arrested for DUI causing injury or property damage contact an experienced Tampa DUI Lawyer to discuss your case today. We represent men and women charged with DUI causing injury or property damage in Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Polk County, Pasco County, and the surrounding areas throughout central Florida. Call 813-250-0500 to discuss your case with an attorney today.

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Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney representing clients throughout central Florida, for felony or misdemeanor crimes including: Hillsborough County for Tampa or Plant City, Pinellas County for St. Petersburg or Clearwater, Pasco County for Dade City or New Port Richey, Manatee County for Bradenton, Sarasota County, Polk County for Bartow or Lakeland, and Hernando County for Brooksville.

Find out information about defending drunk driving charges throughout the Tampa Bay area including :

DUI in Hillsborough County, DUI in Pasco County, DUI in Pinellas County, DUI in Polk County, DUI in Hernando County,  and DUI in Manatee County.

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