A DWI is often very embarrassing, traumatic and can result in very serious consequences. Driving while intoxicated (DWI) in New York is a criminal offense. If you end up getting convicted, it will result in you having a criminal record, being fined, your license suspended, and quite often probation or jail time. Attorney Ira Weissman,
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
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
Driving While Intoxicated is viewed by the Suffolk and Nassau County District Attorneys as a very serious problem on Long Island. As a result, both offices’ policies regarding the prosecution of this crime are extremely harsh. There are fewer and fewer cases that the District Attorney’s office is willing to plea bargain down to a