What is the Tennessee habitual offender penalty?

Answer by  patti (29325)

Tennessee has a Habitual Motor Vehicle Offender rule for DUI coupled with other convictions. Three convictions in five years, or five in ten years qualifies as an HMVO.

Answer by  patti (29325)

The habitual offender law has to do with traffic violations, specifically DUI charges. The penalties vary, depending on where the offender is in the cycle. The penalties get more severe as the individual continues to be arrested. Ten years between incidents may reset the counter in many cases.

Answer by  Duncan (1124)

The current penalty for habitual offenders in Tennessee is life without the possibility of parole. Like many states, Tennessee initially had a 'three strikes your out law. ' This law has now been amended, so that a person twice separately convicted of a violent felony now receives a mandatory life sentence without parole.