{"id":2456847,"date":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-driver-with-pechant-for-sleeping-pills-pleads-guilty-to-dui\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","slug":"aspen-driver-with-pechant-for-sleeping-pills-pleads-guilty-to-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-driver-with-pechant-for-sleeping-pills-pleads-guilty-to-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen driver with pechant for sleeping pills pleads guilty to DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Aspen woman who was arrested for driving while intoxicated twice in four days last summer pleaded guilty Monday to one count of felony DUI.<\/p>\n

Leslee Francis, 56, also will plead guilty Thursday to a second count of felony DUI in front of another District Court judge, while a third DUI she picked up Mother\u2019s Day 2018 with her teenage son in the car will be dismissed, said prosecutor Don Nottingham.<\/p>\n

In exchange for one of the guilty pleas, Francis will receive a four-year deferred sentence, meaning the felony conviction will be wiped from her record if she stays out of trouble during those four years. The second DUI will stand as Francis\u2019 fifth DUI conviction.<\/p>\n

She would have faced as many as six months in jail for the plea to the second DUI, but she has already served that much time and her plea deal ensures she won\u2019t serve more. A person cannot be sent to prison for DUI until all other treatment options have been exhausted, Nottingham said.<\/p>\n

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