CANTON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – A Canton man pled guilty to felony driving under the influence 4th offence.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr., said Calvin Francis, 50, was sentenced to 10 years without the possibility of parole.

On April 18, 2023, a Madison police officer stopped Francis for carless driving. The officer smelled alcohol on Francis and asked him to step out of the vehicle. Francis told the officer that he had just been released from prison for a felony DUI 3rd offense in December 2022.

After conducting field sobriety tests and preliminary breath tests, Francis was arrested and transported to the Madison Police Department where he blew into the Intoxilyzer machine and registered a .13% which is above the legal blood alcohol content limit of .08%.

On February 24, 2024, a Ridgeland police officer stopped Francis for careless driving. The officer smelled alcohol on Francis, and after conducting field sobriety tests, police said Francis refused to blow in the machine. A search warrant was obtained for his blood, and his BAC was .15% which is almost twice the legal limit.

Francis has remained in custody since his February 24, 2024 arrest.

According to Bramlett, Francis has at least four prior DUI convictions including one for a felony DUI 3rd offense in Madison County from 2018. He served five years for the DUI third offense.

Francis was indicted for two counts of felony DUI 4th offense in April of 2024. He pled guilty to felony DUI 4th offense as a non-violent habitual offender on August 28, 2024.

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