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• George Terezakis: If you have been cited for DUI/DWI, you should know that the law gives serious consequences upon conviction. And these punishments drunk driving are even more severe for repeat offenders. A DUI sentence may require you to pay a substantial fine, serve some time in jail, or both. In addition to any fines or jail time, your driveršs license may be suspended, even if it is your first offense. You will have to find alternate transportation and go through considerable effort to regain your driving privileges after a drunk driving conviction. To add insult to injury, many insurance companies will drop your motor vehicle coverage if you get a DUI. The companies that will insure you will only do so at a greatly increased premium. It is easy to see how important it is to protect your rights ­ and to do that, you need a lawyer who will work to stop these consequences from becoming reality.
• Neal Spector: You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.
• Andrew Monteleone: A justification means that a defendant is seeking to avoid liability for a criminal offense by showing the circumstances that justified the defendant's actions. A justification is not a true defense. When asserting a justification, the defendant generally admits that he or she committed the offense but claims that his or her conduct was justified under the facts and circumstances.
• Mirsky & McGrath: Almost all states increase a charge for driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) from a misdemeanor to a felony when a driver has had a certain number of prior DUI convictions. Accordingly, prosecutors in DUI cases will often search for prior DUI convictions to enhance a new charge. However, the admissibility of a prior conviction in court can depend on when and where the prior conviction occurred.
• Matin Emouna: In 1963, in Wong Sun v. United States, the Supreme Court first recognized the attenuation exception to the exclusionary rule. Here, the Court stated that evidence resulting from an illegal arrest is admissible, despite a Fourth Amendment violation, where the "the connection between the arrest and the [evidence] had 'become so attenuated as to dissipate the taint.'" For instance, if police illegally search a suspect's home and the suspect later confesses to a different crime (not the crime the police were initially investigating), the confession may still be admissible, even though it arguably would not have been obtained without the illegal search. Thus, evidence linked to an illegal search and seizure may be admissible if the link is so remote that the deterrence goal of the exclusionary rule would not be served by suppression of the "illegally" obtained evidence.
• Joel Salinger: If you have been charged with a crime you may be frightened, confused, and overwhelmed. The government relies upon these feelings to help it secure a conviction. ... If you are facing a traffic offense such as speeding, reckless driving, careless driving, or drunk driving, you could be facing large fines, court costs, forfeiture of your vehicle, loss of your drivers license, skyrocketing insurance premiums, court-ordered alcohol treatment, lengthy probation, and even jail time.
• Robert J. Brunetti: JUST BECAUSE YOU BLOW A .10 OR MORE ON THE BREATHALYZER OR INTOXILYZER 5000 DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE GUILTY OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
• Eliot Deutsch: Early intervention of a defense attorney often helps to lessen the time it will take to resolve your case and the amount of inconvenience or harm that you will suffer as you pass through the justice system.
• Sandback, Birnbaum & Michelin: NY State law permits a judge to suspend your license when you are arraigned on a DWI charge. We can help you obtain a hardship or conditional license to allow you to drive to and from work or school.