What am I looking at for a 3rd DUI?

If you pled guilty or no contest to the first DUI it is a prior conviction, if you had defenses and pled guilty or no contest you should have hired a lawyer for that case you may have avoided the conviction. If you are facing a third offense within 10 years you are looking at a statutory minimum of 120 days in California, if the prior convictions are recent the number of days goes up, bad facts the number goes up. Many counties only allow jail for a third offense, you should contact a DUI attorney in your area to see what can be done to defend the case and/or reduce the jail.

If the other two were convictions then for the 3rd one you can get up to 5 years in prison. Get a lawyer.

Rationalizing the 1st DUI is irrelevant since you were convicted. With a third DUI, you are probably looking at a minimum of 6 months in jail, fines of approximately $3,000.00, loss of drivers license for a minimum of three years, followed by one year of ignition interlock, alcohol/drug treatment (which it sounds like you really need). These penalties are if your breath test is less than .15. If it is .15 or greater, or you refused the test, then the penalties increase, including a 4 year license revocation

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120 days to 1 year jail sentence, 3 year license revocation, car impounded for 1 to 90 days, fine ranging from $390 to $1,000 plus penalty assessment. If your prior was filed as a felony, you can be sentence to jail for up to 3 years.