Walk It Through: The Graduation Party
A class 1 misdemeanor to drink, any liquor in the body, and any amount at the wheel.
Police come to a graduation party where an underage guest is drinking.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One party and the drive home. The license suspension for a younger driver, the watercraft rule, and the general DUI offenses are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Impaired to the slightest degreeThe DUI standard: driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle under the influence of liquor, a drug, a toxic vapor or any combination, if impaired to the slightest degree.
- Misdemeanor classHow Arizona grades misdemeanors: class 1 carries up to six months and $2,500, class 2 up to four months and $750, class 3 up to 30 days and $500.