Fight Your DWI Charge!
Posted on Oct 15, 2012 7:47am PDT
If you have been charged with DWI or DUI in Collin County, Texas, more often than not, you should fight the DWI charge. The reason is that a large percentage of DWI cases that actually go to trial in Collin County, Texas end up in "NOT GUILTY" verdicts. In addition, even if you are found "Guilty" after trial, the chances are that the post-trial punishment is usually the same or less than the pre-trial plea bargain offer.
In short, with most DWI cases you have a better that average chance at a "not Guilty" verdict and even if found "guilty" your punishment after trial is often less than before trial. This is true even if you gave a breath or blood test over the legal limit of .08.
As an example, since the beginning of 2012, 30 of our client's have been found "Not Guilty" while only 11 have been found "Guilty." Of those trials, 9 of 16 clients' who had breath or blood tests over the legal limit of .08 were found "NOT GUILTY."
Those are pretty good stats and are indicative of the DWI landscape. Not many DWI attorneys decide to actually have trials. They instead prefer to have their clients' plead "Guilty" especially in difficult cases. However, ANY DWI case can be defended with the help of an educated and dedicated DWI lawyer.
Lawyer's Note: Any grammatical or spelling errors are unintentional. I am a busy trial lawyer; there is not much time for editing. Please, forgive any mistakes!! Thank you.