Consecuencias por conducir bajo la influencia en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Si alguien es atrapado manejando ebrio y tiene antecedentes en los últimos diez años, puede ir a la cárcel por al menos 30 días. Si no va a la cárcel, tendrá que hacer trabajo comunitario.

Es como si en un juego de baloncesto, un jugador que comete faltas repetidamente tuviera que sentarse en la banca por un tiempo para aprender la lección.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, que ya ha tenido problemas con la ley por manejar ebrio antes, es detenido nuevamente. Como tiene antecedentes, el juez le dice que debe cumplir 30 días en la cárcel o hacer trabajo comunitario. Juan elige hacer trabajo comunitario porque no quiere estar en la cárcel.

Penalidades

30 días de cárcel o trabajo comunitario, dependiendo de la decisión del juez.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(a) The court shall sentence a person who is convicted of a violation of section169A.20(driving while impaired) within ten years of a qualified prior impaired driving incident to either: (1) a minimum of 30 days of incarceration, at least 48 hours of which must be served in a local correctional facility; or (2) eight hours of community work service for each day less than 30 days that the person is ordered to serve in a local correctional facility. Notwithstanding section609.135(stay of imposition or execution of sentence), the penalties in this paragraph must be executed, unless the court departs from the mandatory minimum sentence under paragraph (b) or (c). (b) Prior to sentencing, the prosecutor may file a motion to have a defendant described in paragraph (a) sentenced without regard to the mandatory minimum sentence established by that paragraph. The motion must be accompanied by a statement on the record of the reasons for it. When presented with the prosecutor's motion and if it finds that substantial mitigating factors exist, the court shall sentence the defendant without regard to the mandatory minimum sentence established by paragraph (a). (c) The court may, on its own motion, sentence a defendant described in paragraph (a) without regard to the mandatory minimum sentence established by that paragraph if it finds that substantial mitigating factors exist and if its sentencing departure is accompanied by a statement on the record of the reasons for it. The court also may sentence the defendant without regard to the mandatory minimum sentence established by paragraph (a) if the defendant is sentenced to probation and ordered to participate in a program established under section169A.74(pilot programs of intensive probation for repeat DWI offenders). (d) When