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Pinellas has high DUI conviction rate

   January 13, 2008

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The latest Traffic Citation Statistics that the Florida Department Of Highway Safety And Motor Vehicles website has on DUI arrests and convictions is for 2006. That report shows Pinellas County has a 94 percent conviction rate for its DUI cases that were disposed.

Pinellas County (2006)
DUI arrests 4064 Cases Disposed in 2006: 2929 Guilty: 2760

Escambia County (2006)
DUI arrests 1040 Cases Disposed in 2006: 847 Guilty: 653 (77%)

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