Will getting a ticket for running a stop sign effect my youthful offender status?
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Will getting a ticket for running a stop sign effect my youthful offender status?
I pled youthful offender to a DUI and was granted YO. I am still currently paying on my fines. The other night I got a ticket for running a stop sign.
Asked on August 29, 2010 under Criminal Law, Alabama
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Usually traffic stops like that won't impact your YO status but you need to check with your counsel to ensure nothing is revoked and you are not given an enhanced sentence simply because you ran the stop sign. DUIs are serious offenses and courts no longer take any violations lightly but it is not as if you actually committed another DUI. That would have been another story. Try meeting with the public defender and seeing for certain what does impact your YO status.
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