Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Fort Hall man gets chance at rehab

Defendant sentenced for felony DUI

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By TERRY SMITH
Express Staff Writer

James Tyler

A 50-year-old Fort Hall man, convicted in Blaine County of felony DUI, has been given a chance at rehabilitation through the Idaho Department of Correction.

James Tyler was sentenced May 7 in Blaine County 5th District Court to incarceration in the state "rider program," which seeks rehabilitation of convicted felons rather than imprisonment.

With the rider program, Tyler can be held for up to 365 days. However, he was given credit for 218 days spent in jail following his arrest on July 9 by the Blaine County Sheriff's Office on state Highway 75 north of Ketchum.

Judge Robert J. Elgee also gave Tyler a six-year suspended prison sentence and suspended his driver's license for one year beginning from the time when he is released from incarceration.

Tyler was charged with felony DUI because of several other DUI convictions on his record. According to Idaho Court records, he was convicted of felony DUI in Bannock County in 2006 and of misdemeanor DUI in Bannock County in 2004 and 2005.

Tyler pleaded guilty to the Blaine County charge in March. In exchange for his guilty plea, a misdemeanor charge of driving with an open container of alcohol was dismissed.

Terry Smith: tsmith@mtexpress.com

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