REDUCED | 3rd Offense Felony Aggravated DUI, State v. Mr. F. (DMC No. 7196) (Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR 2006-174415): Mr. F. had 2 prior felony DUI’s in which he had gone to prison. He had now had a 3rd felony DUI and was facing 6 to 15 years in prison (with 10 years being the presumptive sentence). Initially, Mr. F. was utilizing a Public Defender and had been given a so called “final offer” of 4.5 years in prison. We were able to take over the case and file Motions regarding No Reasonable Suspicion to Stop and No Probable Cause for Arrest. Ultimately, the prosecutor agreed to withdraw the allegations of the 2 prior felony DUI’s and offered a 1st offense DUI with a mitigated sentence of 1.5 years in prison. Mr. F. ended up actually serving only 12 months in custody.
