{"id":24535,"date":"2014-02-08T22:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T22:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-tester.blawgcloud.com\/extending-dui-look-back-maine\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:27:21","slug":"extending-dui-look-back-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/extending-dui-look-back-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending the DUI look back in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"drunk-driving-300x200\"The State of Maine is debating whether to increase the look back time for DUI convictions<\/a>. The look back is the amount of time that must pass after a DUI before the next one is considered a first offense. The present look back in Maine is 10 years. That means if you get a DUI today, and you had one within the last 10 years, this one counts as a second offense.<\/p>\n

The legislature is considering whether to extend the look back to 15 years. The justification offered by the legislator who submitted the bill is that people who have DUI\u2019s should be treated very harshly if there is ever a subsequent offense. He did not offer any information to suggest that there was a problem by limiting the look back to 10 years. It seems he pulled the number out of a hat.<\/p>\n

Another approach, one urged by the District Attorneys, is that the normal look back for misdemeanor DUI\u2019s should remain in 10 years. But anyone convicted of a felony DUI (DUI with serious bodily injury or death, or a third or subsequent offense DUI) should have every subsequent DUI treated as a felony.<\/p>\n

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The State of Maine is debating whether to increase the look back time for DUI convictions. The look back is the amount of time that must pass after a DUI before the next one is considered a first offense. The present look back in Maine is 10 years. 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