Eight Years For DUI #7

Compare and contrast these two stories. A New Jersey man was given 4 1/2 years for his 16th Drunk Driving conviction while here in Illinois, a Kane County judge has sentenced a a McHenry County man to eight years in prison after the defendant pleaded guilty to his seventh driving under the influence offense.

Man draws 8 years in 7th DUI case

ST. CHARLES, Ill. – The defendant, 49year-old Michael R. Miller of Union, admitted guilt to aggravated driving under the influence and was sentenced under a plea deal accepted Monday by Kane County Associate Judge Patricia P. Golden.

Authorities said Miller previously was convicted of DUI six times between 1983 and 1996 in Cook, Kane and McHenry counties. He was charged a seventh time on March 30, 2008, after Elgin police responded to an erratic-driving complaint

Because of prior convictions, Miller was charged with a Class X felony and faced as long as 30 years in prison if convicted at trial.

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