So… You just had an accident and you were drinking before the accident.

I do not care if you had 1 sip of beer or if you were rip roaring drunk you need to get an attorney RIGHT NOW. I mean it. You might not want to even finish reading this page and just start looking up DUI attorneys in your area.

Hear is why…

You are considered pretty much automatically guilty and the charges will be compounded and sitting on your head like you would not believe BUT….

The courts are going to slam you and with pretty good reason.

  1. One third of all DUIs are from repeat offenders.
  2. Three out of every 10 Americans will be in a crash relating to a DUI at some point in their lives.
  3. Alcohol is a factor in 38% of all fatal crashes.
  4. Car crashes account for 1/3 of all deaths for people 15-20. And 1/3rd of those crashes involve alcohol so alcohol is directly responsible for more than 10% of all teen deaths.

So… Yes the courts will slam you. Not because the judge hates you but because they believe (with good evidence) that they are keeping you safe.

99% of people in cases like this are guilty so in the eyes of the judge you are just as guilty as all the rest he has seen this week, month, year…You have basically committed felony and either people or property has gotten hurt or damaged.

An attorney can get you off for a variety of reasons.

There are evidence proceedings that are messed up all the time.

There are appeals processes that the attorney can use to essentially wear down the prosecutor.

Things are not hopeless.

I have seen attorneys get people off from DUI accidents in ways I would not have believed.

Next steps.

  1. Go and research attorneys in your area. Look at their web sites. Look at several.
  2. Go talk to a few. Many offer free consultations because they know that once you see what they can do you will be ready to pay them and it is profitable for them to spend the consultation time with you.
  3. Come up with the cash for your attorney. Even if you have to beg family members this will be better then jail time.

You need to proactively take action to make sure you stay out of trouble and to make sure this never happens again. Do not give up. You are not your past. You are who you decide you are RIGHT NOW.

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