Doesn’t seem light at all. Seems excessive.
Most first DUI convictions don’t even have jail time.
That depends on the degree of intoxication, among other factors. Jail time indicates a reasonably high degree.
I agree, why bottle up jails with drunks? Had he killed or injured someone that’d be an entirely different dance
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=23612.&lawCode=VEH
Drivers in California, when arrested for DUI, have an implied consent to have their blood or urine tested for BAC; failure to complete the test has penalties (typically 96 hours in jail as well as a substantial fine (well, minor, but when you add in all the lovely multipliers in California, a $2,000 fine becomes $8,000 fairly easily.)
As he refused to submit to testing, he’s automatically subject to jail time if convicted of a DUI, 48 hours is about half of the typical sentence, so yes, it is a light sentence in California.
Must have had at least one prior within 10 years to get jail time. That wouldn’t surprise anyone would it?