Many DUI convictions in many states

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Dan Jaffe

Interesting question about whether there should be a single national standard for DUI laws across all states so that it is easy to determine whether prior drunk driving convictions are valid in one state when the prior is from another.

DUI News, Updates & Opinions : DUIAttorney.com: "Others question the validity of reciprocity because a person is convicted under a state's specific laws, not federal laws. This means the same person could be found not guilty in one state and guilty in another. Many question whether national standards must be set if a person is to be held accountable for the same offense in two different states."

For practical reasons, it is sometimes very difficult for a prosecutor to prove the validity of an out of state prior conviction, especially from a state that keeps records in a different way.

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