IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS

In Re: Disposition of DWI Cases



STANDING ORDER



Unless specifically ordered otherwise, in all cases in which Defendants are convicted of DWI offenses, the Defendants shall be ordered as follows:

1. For conviction of a DWI 1st Offense, the Defendant shall be assessed $1075.00 in fines and court costs, with $625.00 in fines being suspended; that such Defendant shall be sentenced to a period of 30 days in jail, with 29 days being suspended; that such Defendant shall have his driver's license suspended for a period of 120 days.

2. For conviction of a DWI 2nd Offense, the Defendant shall be assessed $1575.00 in fines and court costs, with $675.00 in fines being suspended; that such Defendant shall be sentenced to a period of 120 days in jail, with 113 days being suspended; that such Defendant shall have his driver's license suspended for a period of 16 months.

3. For conviction of a DWI 3rd Offense, the Defendant shall be assessed $3075.00 in fines and court costs, with $1575.00 in fines being suspended; that such Defendant shall be sentenced to a period of 1 year in jail, with 275 days being suspended; that such Defendant shall have his driver's license suspended for a period of 30 months.

4. That all Defendants shall receive credit on their jail sentences for any incarceration they may actually have served which is directly related to their DWI arrest and conviction.

5. That all Defendants convicted of a DWI offense are hereby ordered to participate in and complete an alcohol rehabilitation program approved by the Arkansas Department of Health and to furnish a certificate of such completion to the Arkansas State Police, and to pay any reinstatement fee assessed by the Arkansas State Police.

6. That all Defendants convicted of a DWI offense are hereby ordered to install an ignition interlock system on the vehicle they own or operate, and to maintain such device in proper working order and maintenance, and in full compliance with any vendor's directions, for a a period of not less than 1 year; that in the period subsequent to the reinstatement of their driving license and during the period in which an ignition interlock system must be maintained as ordered by this Court, all such Defendants are hereby ordered to operate only a vehicle which has an installed and properly operating ignition interlock system.

7. That unless any Defendant convicted of a DWI offense completes an alcohol rehabilitation program, pays all reinstatement fee assessed by the Arkansas State Police, and installs an ignition interlock system as ordered hereinabove, the driver's license of such Defendant shall be suspended indefinitely until such compliance can be shown and demonstrated to this Court.

8. That all Defendants convicted of a DWI offense are cautioned that failure to comply with the conditions of their sentence, as outlined hereinabove, may result in a revocation of any suspended portions of their fines or jail sentences, and/or may also result in further proceedings in which they may be subject to contempt of court charges, and/or misdemeanor violations, and/or driving on suspended driver's license charges, respectively, as the case may be.

RENDERED AND ORDERED to be recorded on this ____ day of __________, 1997.





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William R. Daniels

Municipal Judge