You can look forward to losing:
Your car, your freedom (incarceration), large sums of money (fines and court costs), your drivers license, your job, your right to own a firearm. You could lose other things, but those were the significant ones.
In Kentucky, a DUI becomes a felony if it is the offender's third DUI conviction within a 10-year period, or if the DUI results in death or serious injury to another person. Additionally, if a person has a prior felony DUI conviction and commits another DUI offense, it will be charged as a felony.
In South Carolina, a felony DUI is typically charged when an individual has multiple prior DUI convictions within a certain time frame. A felony DUI conviction usually carries harsher penalties than a misdemeanor DUI, including longer jail sentences and higher fines. Additionally, a felony DUI can result in the loss of driving privileges and other serious consequences.
A DUI in California can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances. Generally, a first or second DUI offense is charged as a misdemeanor, while a third offense within 10 years or a DUI causing injury is typically charged as a felony.
Typically DUIs are misdemeanors until the third strike. A third DUI offense is known as a felony DUI because it then becomes a felony.Below is an article on felony DUIs.Added: UNLESS, the DUI incident resulted in death or serious bodily injury, which would then elevate the offense to a felony.
The main difference between a misdemeanor DUI and a felony DUI is the severity of the offense. A misdemeanor DUI typically involves first or second time offenses with no significant aggravating factors, while a felony DUI usually involves multiple DUI convictions, serious injury or death caused by driving under the influence, or other aggravating circumstances that elevate the offense to a felony level. Felony DUIs carry harsher penalties, including longer jail time and higher fines.
You do not lose your rights when you are convicted of a felony. You lose some rights which will be determined by the judge.
No you will not unless it was a felony
For the most part, you cannot expunge a convicted felony from your record. The DUI would just remain on top of that.
It is almost impossible to have any felony expunged if you were convicted of the infraction.
DUI is not a felony under federal law, but it is a felony in some state legislature. When you're convicted of a crime which is a state felony, but is NOT a federal felony, it is possible to apply for relief of disability in order to regain your firearms rights.
You need a lawyer for a legal and correct answer.
You can have your record expunged, but it is rarely successful when you were convicted of the crime.
Is DUI a felony in the state of New Mexico
When convicted of a DUI, you could lose your driver's license, face fines, have to attend mandatory alcohol education classes, serve jail time, or have an ignition interlock device installed in your vehicle.
The short answer is, yes, if it was a felony, you can't own a gun in any state in the U.S.
If it was a felony offense then, yes, it will appear on your criminal record. It will definitely appear on your DMV drivers record.
If you were convicted of a felony, it will be almost impossible to remove from your record-unless there was a major mistake on the court's part.