not likely in a federal case. they are not much on bargaining once they have you

zero time unless he hurt someone or has a bunch of reckless driving charges on his record

Carswell is federal and unless she qualifies for RDAP, she will do 85% of 30 months (which is 25.5 months). If she can get into RDAP, that will take a full 12 months off her 30-month sentence and give her 6 months of halfway house, too. The benefits are fantastic if she can get accepted into the Program.

This is going to depend on the number of people affected by the crime, the amount of money "lost" from the actions of the defendant and their criminal history are all mitigating factors in the sentence determination. It could be years frankly.

Usually, the good time in state prison is 15%, however, in state cases, there might be the possibility of parole. If the judge allows for parole in their Judgment and Commitment document then the offender might be looking at their first parole hearing in about 32 months. If no parole is offered, 85% of 96 months is about 82 months.

It means that they have already served 10 days of a 45-day sentence.

it's not the State it's the Judge deciding on the penalty. First-time DUI, no injuries or property damage, our best guess would be probation and maybe some sort of education about drinking and driving.

You can be held up to two years in most county jails, but once the offender has been convicted, they serve the bulk of their sentence in state. The time spent in county is deducted from the total sentence.

Why would they have a court date later than the release date, makes no sense? There must be some pending charge that is unrelated to the current charge.

It is possible that they have a pending sentence in State that runs consecutively to the bid they are finishing up. Depending on their Judgement and Commitment document signed by the judge, their might be more time to be served