Deanna's Law, named after a Delaware County woman who died in a crash with a repeat DUI offender, increases penalties and creates specific provisions for people with multiple DUI convictions.
Deana’s Law is now in effect in Pennsylvania, increasing penalties for multiple driving under the influence convictions, PennDOT announced Tuesday.with a repeat DUI offender, increases the maximum jail time for three or more DUI offenses and has provisions for how sentences after convictions should be issued.
The impacted laws are the DUI offense involving where a defendant refuses a breath or chemical blood test, a DUI with a BAC of .16 or higher, or a DUI involving controlled substances if it is also the second or more time the defendant has been charged with any of these offenses.If someone has three or more prior convictions, it will be a felony of the second degree.
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