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Matched Legal Cases: ['§65', '§1193', '§1194', '§1196', '§1192', '§1192', '§1192', '§1192', '§1192', '§1192', '§1212', '§125', '§1212', '§1193', '§1198', '§1198', '§1198', '§1198', '§1198', '§1192', '§60', '§60']

﻿ Rockland County STOP-DWI - Laws
S.T.O.P – D.W.I.
Phone - 845-364-8525
Fax - 845-364-8997
www.StopDwiRockland.com
Edwin Day LESLIE CHERNIN
County Executive Coordinator
Leandra’s Law, Mandatory Ignition Interlocks and New Sentencing Provisions in DWIs
Sanctions: are the same as for other DWI felonies in VTL 1193(1)(c) (except for
existing mandatory ignition interlock for Aggravated DWIs, which applies)
Conditions of Probation or Discharge: Victim Impact Panels, Community Service
and Alcohol or Drug treatment are all possible [PL §65.10]
Alcohol “Screening” is required for all DWI defendants with a BAC under .15 or a
refusal. An Alcohol “Assessment” is required prior to sentencing for all BACs of
.15 or higher, or anyone determined in the screening to be abusing or dependent on
alcohol [VTL 1198-a(2)(a)(b)(c)].
Pending Prosecution suspensions [VTL §1193(2)(e)(7)] and Refusal
revocations [VTL §1194(2)(d)(1)]apply. Conditional licenses may be
obtained pursuant to VTL §1196.
3) a)*With a BAC of .08 or higher [in violation of VTL §1192(2)]; OR
*The statute does not include Aggravated DWI with a BAC of .18 or more [in violation of
VTL §1192(2-a)]. The legislature apparently believed there could not be an Aggravated
DWI charge without a violation of VTL §1192(2). Both crimes should be charged when
Plea Restrictions: Both subdivisions of Aggravated DWI (including Leandra’s
Law) prohibit a plea in satisfaction of the charge to a Driving While Impaired by
Alcohol. The plea must include Aggravated DWI or any misdemeanor DWI
unless the district attorney finds the evidence does not support the charge. The
court must put the basis of any disposition outside these limitations on the record.
[VTL §1192(10)(d)]
Simplified Traffic Informations/UTTs: The officer must make a “CIV” notation
in the “Description of Violation” section when there is a charge of DWI and there
is a “Child in Vehicle” (CIV) who is 15 years old or less. [VTL §1192(12)(a)]
Child Protective Services (CPS) Notification: Where the officer determines
the driver is the parent, guardian, custodian or is otherwise legally
responsible for the child, 15 years old or less, in the vehicle, the officer
must notify CPS or other appropriate agency under article 6 of the Social
Service Law. [VTL §1192(12(b)]
· A person is guilty of first-degree Vehicular Assault when he or she commits Vehicular Assault in the Second Degree and commits such crime while operating a vehicle while a child who is 15 years old or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle and causes serious physical injury to such child.
· A person is guilty of Aggravated Vehicular Assault when he or she engages in reckless driving [VTL §1212], commits Vehicular Assault in the Second Degree and commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a child who is 15 years old or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle and causes serious physical injury to such child.
Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree PL §125.13(6)
[Class C, Non-violent felony]
· A person is guilty of Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree when he or she commits the crime of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree and commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a child who is 15 years old or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle and causes the death of such child.
· A person is guilty of Aggravated Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree when he or she engages in reckless driving [VTL §1212], commits the crime of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, and commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a child who is 15 years old or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle and causes the death of such child.
1º Vehicular Crimes:
Aggravated Vehicular Crimes:
(*DMV now marks the physical license of anyone sentenced to an ignition interlock with a restriction code on the front of the license. The back of the license reflects that the restriction requires interlock use.)
Monitoring. The Division of Probation or Correctional Alternatives is required to promulgate regulations [VTL §1193(1)(g)]:
[VTL §1198(5)(a)]
Cost. The defendant is required to pay for the ignition interlock device (installation, monthly interlock provider fee and removal fee). If the court determines the defendant can not pay for the device, a payment plan will be devised or the fee “waived” in accordance with the Division of Probation or Correctional Alternatives regulations or “such other agreement as may be entered into for provision of the device.” [VTL §1198(5)(a)]
· VTL §1198(9)(a) [Class A Misdemeanor]: No person whose driving privilege is restricted to operate a motor vehicle only with an ignition interlock device pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic Law or the Penal Law shall request, solicit, or allow any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device , or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device, for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with an operable motor vehicle.
· VTL §1198(9)(b) [Class A Misdemeanor]: No person shall blow into an ignition interlock device or start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person whose driving privilege is so restricted.
· Failure to provide proof of compliance with the ignition interlock requirement may result in the revocation, modification, or termination of the defendant’s sentence of probation or conditional discharge. The defendant may be re-sentenced as provided by law. [VTL §1198(4)(a)]
Application: Applies to defendants sentenced on or after August 15, 2010.
Non-prison sentences: When a defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony DWI under VTL §1192(2),(2-a) or (3)* and receives any sentence that does not involve upstate prison time (including local jail time up to one year) the court must also sentence the defendant to a period of probation or conditional discharge [VTL 1193(1)(c)] to run consecutively to any sentence of incarceration. [PL §60.21 – New section]
*PL §60.21 does not specify that the DWI-related Penal Law felonies of Vehicular Assault, Vehicular Manslaughter, or Aggravated Vehicular Assault are subject to the consecutive probation or CD provision. Therefore, if a defendant pleads guilty to one of those felonies and is not receiving an upstate prison sentence, the prosecution should require a separate plea to one of the DWI sections to obtain consecutive probation or a CD for the purpose of monitoring the mandatory interlock.