Have you been charged with DWI? Are you concerned about the possibility that this charge will have a significant effect on your ability to drive, get to work, and handle other important daily tasks?
Have you been charged with DWI? Are you concerned about the possibility that this charge will have a significant effect on your ability to drive, get to work, and handle other important daily tasks?
Here is an interesting Driving While Intoxicated case… While there is no question that Driving While Intoxicated in Suffolk and Nassau counties is a significant safety issue which law enforcement needs to deal with, what I have seen at times is an over-aggressiveness and lack of judgment leading to unnecessary arrests. A perfect example of
Can You Get Arrested for a Traffic Violation? Traffic violations, generally speaking, are not arrestable offenses. However, there are some traffic offenses that are criminal, and those you can be arrested for. For example, you can be arrested for reckless driving because it is a crime even though the crime is found in the Vehicle
You’ve just been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and you want to know why you were given two pieces of paper that both charge you with DWI. The answer is that when you submit to a chemical test and you blow over the legal limit (0.08) you are then charged under a subdivision
Should a person arrested for driving while intoxicated take the breath, blood or urine test? What are the consequences of a refusal to submit to a chemical analysis? Suffolk County criminal defense attorney Eric Naiburg addresses these complex questions, as well as the many pitfalls that an arrested person might fall into without proper legal
We take DWI defense very seriously at the Law Firm of Naiburg, Obedin and Weissman and if you’ve been arrested for driving while intoxicated you need to take it very seriously as well. DWI has become what I would say is the crime d’ jour. This is what we see when we look at the
Criminal defense attorney Ira Weissman addresses the question of whether you should remain silent when you’re driving and you’ve been stopped by a police officer who pulls you over because you’re suspected of driving while intoxicated. If you’re pulled over for drunk driving, you should do what anybody should do if they’re arrested for any
If you have been arrested for a crime, the fact is you need not prove anything. The most fundamental principle of our criminal justice system is that a person who is accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent. This presumption stays with the accused throughout the entire case and only leaves them if they
Very often we are presented with a case involving a client who has been arrested for Driving While Intoxicated after having been involved in an accident. Generally speaking, the District Attorney’s Office in Suffolk County is going to take those cases more seriously than they do those cases where the motorist was merely stopped for
A Driving While Intoxicated arrest can have serious consequences to your driver’s license. In addition to a suspension of your privilege to drive while your case is pending, and a revocation of your license if you are convicted, there are fairly new regulations promulgated by the DMV which can result in further loss of your