Montana’s Bobby’s Law: 3-Year Minimum for Fatal DUI in Missoula
When Tragedy Strikes: Understanding Montana’s Toughest DUI Law If you’re facing charges related to a fatal DUI incident in Montana, you’re confronting one of the most serious legal situations imaginable. The weight of what has happened, combined with the reality of Montana’s Bobby’s Law and its mandatory 3-year minimum sentence, can feel overwhelming. This law, which was enacted in 2025 (signed by the governor on April 25, 2025), fundamentally changed how Montana prosecutes certain fatal DUI cases by creating a new aggravated vehicular homicide-while-under-the-influence offense that carries a mandatory minimum three-year prison term for offenders meeting the law’s criteria (for example, a BAC of at least 0.16 or those under
January 1, 2026
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