If you are under 21 and charged with Virginia DUI, you could be facing one of two charges:
Driving after illegally consuming alcohol, referred to as “baby DUI”, or
DUI.
It’s important to first understand what you’re accused of doing wrong so that we can approach your defense correctly.
Baby DUI cases are fairly simple for the Commonwealth to prove, since they just need to show that you were driving and you had a .02 or higher blood alcohol content.
As you can see, it’s an extremely low level, compared to .08 for adult DUI.
Oddly enough, the punishment for juvenile DUI and adult DUI is basically about the same. Both cases would be looking at 1 year loss of your license and a misdemeanor conviction.
The big difference is that VASAP is not required by law for underage DUI.