Can you avoid the license revocation for DUI / OWI 2nd?
If you are charged with a second drinking and driving that ultimately leads to a conviction, and this second offense happens within seven years of your prior drinking and driving conviction, your license will be revoked.
The revoked license comes from the secretary of state and has nothing to do with a judge, so is there any way you can avoid it?
First, you can beat the case. Beating a drunk driving in Michigan is very challenging and any lawyer will tell you that they lose far more DUI cases at trial than they win.
Second, you can try to push the case out so that you your conviction falls outside of the seven-year window from your first conviction. This can be difficult because judges push for cases to either plea out or go to trial quickly.
Third, you can enter a sobriety court program where you get a license with interlock after about 60 days of being in the program. The downside is that these programs can be very demanding.
At the end of the day, if one of these options works for you it is a lot better than losing your license.
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