Chicago DUI Attorney Comments on Three Strikes, No Not the Cubs

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted on the perils of being charged with a DUI here and here.  She’s even posted here about the consequences for subsequent offenders.  Still she’s a bit surprised at the three strikes and you are out mentality being used by some judges.

May 31, Urbana, Il:

  A Champaign man with a long history of felony convictions was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his third driving under the influence conviction.

Kenneth Dalton, 43, who listed an address in the 2600 block of Campbell Drive, was convicted by a Champaign County jury in April of driving while drunk in Savoy on Dec. 24, 2010.

Assistant State's Attorney Andrea Bergstrom said a Champaign County sheriff's deputy stopped Dalton for speeding on U.S. 45 near Church Street. He smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot and glassy eyes, and an open 24-ounce beer can in his vehicle.

On field sobriety tests, he showed signs of impairment and urinated on himself while trying to perform the tasks. He refused to submit to chemical testing, Bergstrom said.

25 years for a non-violent offense with no accident and no chemical test results.  You know who will pay for every meal and the health care he receives for the next twenty-five years don’t you?