Ohio Sets Alcohol Record – Here Are The Top 10 Sellers

According to the Ohio Department of Commerce, Ohioans are buying more and better alcohol than ever before. Sales reached a record level in 2014 totaling $949 million. This represents an increase of 5.6 percent and exceeded last year’s total by $50 million, according to date released by the Ohio Department of Commerce.  Premium and Super-Premium products dominate the top of the charts and account for almost 60 percent of the total dollar sales.

Here, (from WHIO) is the top 10 list of Ohio alcohol choices:

1. Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey – 364,060 gallons
2. Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey – 292,772 gallons
3. Captain Morgan Spiced Rum – 278,535 gallons
4. Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey – 277,171 gallons
5. Absolut Vodka – 272,987 gallons
6. Bacardi Superior Light Rum – 271,429 gallons
7. Smirnoff Vodka – 262,461 gallons
8. Kamchatka Vodka – 261,149 gallons
9. Jagermeister – 235,016 gallons
10. Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey – 228,024 gallons

Charles M. Rowland II dedicates his practice to defending the accused drunk driver in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. He has the credentials and the experience to win your case and has made himself Dayton’s choice for drunk driving defense. Contact Charles Rowland by phone at (937) 318-1384 or toll-free at 1-888-ROWLAND (888-769-5263). If you need assistance after hours, call the 24/7 DUI Hotline at (937) 776-2671. You can have DaytonDUI at your fingertips by downloading the DaytonDUI Android App or have DaytonDUI sent directly to your mobile device by texting DaytonDUI (one word) to 50500. Follow DaytonDUI on Facebook, @DaytonDUI on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Pheed and Pintrest or get RSS of the Ohio DUI blog. You can email CharlesRowland@DaytonDUI.com or visit his office at 2190 Gateway Dr., Fairborn, Ohio 45324.

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Florida Convictions for Boating Under the Influence and Your Driving Record

Gasparilla is right around the corner, and that means Tampa law enforcement will be out in force on the water. Many people like to celebrate Gasparilla on their boats and by bringing along plenty of alcohol. Before you read any further about boating under the influence, here’s some free advice: have someone be the DD captain for your boat. If you’re drunk, don’t get behind the wheel, helm, tiller, or rudder.

Right now convictions for boating under the influence (BUI) aren’t recorded on your permanent driving record. This means that if you have a BUI conviction and are charged with a DUI, it will only be considered your first DUI offense. You will not face the enhanced penalties that come with a second DUI conviction.

One Florida lawmaker is trying to change that, and has filed a bill that will make any BUI convictions a part of a person’s permanent driving record. If this bill passes any BUI conviction will act as a “prior conviction” if you are charged with a DUI. This means you will face increased penalties and fines.

The penalties for a BUI conviction are very similar to those for a DUI:

$500 fine;6 months probation;50 hours of community service;DUI school / substance abuse counseling; andA 10-day vessel impound.

Be careful out there. If you’ve had too much grog, get someone else to drive the boat. Having a sober captain is the easiest way to avoid a BUI conviction.

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Are DUIs Forever . . . How Long Will A DUI Be On My Record?

A DUI will not necessarily remain on your driving record forever. If your first offense was a misdemeanor, it will stay on your DMV driving record for 10 years. This will be true of a felony charge as well.

In the event that you are arrested for driving under the influence a second time, the judge will take your prior conviction into consideration if the 10-year period has not passed. If 10 years have passed, your first arrest should not be held against you.

California Driving Laws Are Always Evolving 

California drivers must be aware that the laws can change at any time. The state’s legislators are in the process of creating a law that would allow a DUI conviction to remain on a person’s driving record forever. This would mean that your driving record can be clean for 30 years between your first and second arrests, but the prosecutor will be forced to charge you with a second offense. Then, the court will have no choice but to sentence you as a repeat offender, and this will not be to your advantage because you would receive a harsher sentence.

The Possibility of Expungement 

It’s possible to have your prior conviction expunged from your criminal record. This does not mean that your arrest will disappear. It would mean that your record will have the words “set aside and dismissed” rather than the word “convicted” next to the charge. This will benefit you if you are ever required to submit to a background check. If you decide to pursue this possibility, keep in mind that expungement is very rare.

Contact a DUI Lawyer Today

If you or a loved one has been arrested for driving under the influence, you will need the services of an experienced DUI lawyer. At Win DUI, we have many tools that we can use to help you fight this charge. You are not necessarily guilty of drunken driving just because a law enforcement officer arrested you. Contact us today, and let us help you save your reputation.

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Criminal Record and Job Applications

These are some of the most frequent questions we hear as criminal defense attorneys. Mistakes shouldn’t follow you for the rest of your life, but unfortunately they often do. Being arrested or convicted of a crime can have long-term effects on your job prospects. More and more employers are asking whether or not you have a criminal history on job applications. Even a minor offense can harm your job prospects. But this may be about to change.

A Florida legislator has filed a bill making it illegal for an employer to consider an applicant’s criminal record on an initial job application. Bill text here.  If the bill is passed and becomes law, it would keep any employer (who isn’t required by law) from considering your criminal history before determining whether or not you are qualified for the job. This means that they could not use a criminal record as an automatic disqualifier for a job.

Keep in mind that this proposed new law doesn’t apply to jobs that require a background check, such as those in teaching or providing child care. So if an employer is legally required to do a background check, this law wouldn’t impact that.

Too often employers use a criminal history as a reason to not hire someone, even though they are qualified and would be a good employee. This law won’t fix those problems overnight. But, if it is passed it would be an important step in ensuring that people’s arrest records or criminal histories aren’t considered by employers when they should be.

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Criminal Record Expungement Options

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There exists more than one way to obtain an expungement of a Kentucky criminal record involving more than one misdemeanor.
In Kentucky, KRS 431.078 generally governs when a person may expunge a misdemeanor conviction, a dismissal, or amended charges. However, this statute limits expungments to only ONE criminal offense within a 5 year period. Upon learning this fact most people with more than one criminal record over several years simply give up.
Individuals with criminal records experience difficulty obtaining gainful employment, entering into and staying in the military, or obtaining credit. Many of these people are basically good but may have made an error in judgement, or in some cases, chose to plead guilty to a crime they did not commit because they did not have the money to retain an experienced criminal defense attorney and did not want to remain in jail waiting for trial ( I note that with the help of an experienced criminal defense attorney, many of these people might have qualified for a pre-trial diversion program which would have resulted in an automatic expungement of their criminal charges once they fulfilled the requirments of the program.). Additionally, for some, the court system helped them reform and want to pursue a lawful path in the community.
Some of Kentucky's 120 counties recognize the problem and have expungement programs in place which may not be advertised nor well known to the public nor known by all criminal defense attorneys. Based on the county, the programs go by various names with the criteria for expungement set either by the county attorney or the individual judges. The programs are very fact dependent and are not available to all criminal offenders. These programs typically require advance payment of program and court costs, the meeting of certain conditions by the applicant, agreement by the prosecutor, petitions made to the courts, and more.
As an example, a college student who had committed three misdemeanors (alcohol intoxication) over a period of time feared that he would not be able to obtain gainful employment after graduation and would not be able to pay his student loans. Working with the county attorney, we entered the student into a program so he would not have a criminal record on graduation.
These special program expungments typically require the services of an experienced criminal defense attorney knowledgable about the various county programs.

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