DUI is an acronym for “driving under the influence.” If you have made your way to this page, then you probably already knew that. What you might not have known is that the charge of “DUI” doesn’t exactly exist in Michigan law. In the state of Michigan, drunk driving charges are called “OWI” or “operating while intoxicated.” 

DUI is an acronym for “driving under the influence.” You likely already knew that by making your way to this page. What you might not have known is that the charge of “DUI” doesn’t exactly exist in Michigan law. In the state of Michigan, drunk driving charges are called “OWI” or “operating while intoxicated.”

A DUI involving drugs is treated and punished similarly to regular DUIs in the state of Michigan. DUIs involving drugs can be charged under the same statutes as DUIs that involve alcohol. One DUI charge that is specific to drugs is operating with the presence of a controlled substance (OWPCS). 

If you are not a United States citizen either visiting or living in the United States, then you are always subject to deportation for the conviction of certain criminal offenses. In general terms, there are five major categories of crimes that can result in deportation from the United States.

Every DUI case starts in District Court. If you are charged with a misdemeanor DUI offense, then your case will stay in District Court from beginning to end barring any appeals. If you are charged with a felony DUI offense, then your case will start in District Court and make its way to Circuit Court if the prosecutor is able to show enough evidence to continue to the case at the District Court level. 

A breath test is the main way that law enforcement determines whether or not an individual has alcohol in their blood (system), and how much alcohol is present. When you drink alcohol, it gets absorbed into your blood after it travels through your stomach and into your small intestine. This blood has already been exposed to oxygen from your lungs. 

The most common way that a driver’s license gets revoked in the state of Michigan is after an individual is convicted of two DUI offenses within seven years. It is not required that both DUI offenses involve alcohol; if an individual is convicted of an offense where he or she was under the influence of drugs while driving, then that offense will also count towards revoking that individual’s driver’s license.