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What Are The Next Steps If I Enter A Plea Of Not Guilty In My DUI Case?
The very first thing I'm going to do is request your discovery. We are entitled to certain evidence and that includes video and audio recordings and reports, whether written by a police officer, the lab, or a witness statement. You...
What Are Some Possible DUI Defense Strategies In Mississippi?
The most common thing is, refuse the breathalyzer. There's no record of any blood alcohol content. Here we say, heck no, don't blow up. The absolute worst thing you can do is blow a 0.08., because at that point, once...
Common Misconceptions People Have Regarding Their DUI Case
Probably the biggest misconception is that you can't plead a DUI down to some sort of lesser offense. A lot of states offer it to where you can play it down to some kind of traffic violation or something of...
I Have Just Been Arrested For A DUI What Happens In First 24 Hours?
Closest Precinct In the first 24 hours, you are going to be taken to the local arresting agency and booked in there. Most likely you'll be taken directly to a detention facility where they will do the booking. In the...
How DUI is Defined in The State Of Mississippi
DUI in Mississippi is defined in a couple of different ways. You have what is known as a common law DUI, which means the officer thinks that you are impaired and operating a motor vehicle on the highways of the...
How Common Is It For A Person To Assume They Won’t Win A DUI Case?
Very Common It's very common that, that someone assumes that they don't have a chance of winning the case. Unfortunately, and often it's because the individual feels like they were railroaded from the very beginning. From the moment the officer...
Can My Attorney Reduce My DUI Charges?
Nope Unfortunately in Mississippi, there's no way to take a DUI to a lesser offense. When you're talking about a DUI first or second, the law is very specific that it cannot be taken to anything else. No Way There's...
Can I Get An Attorney Before Submitting Blood Or Breath Test In A DUI Case?
You can certainly try if you have an attorney's number. Unfortunately, people are arrested at really odd hours of the night, outside of business hours. At the Franks law firm. We have a 24 hour answering service. The answering service...
At What Point In My DUI Case do I Have To Enter A Plea Of Guilty Or Not Guilty?
Very Early Very early is the answer. You are going to end up entering a plea of guilty or not guilty before all the information is available. As far as discovery, often your initial appearances are within days of their...
At What Point In A DUI Case Someone Should Hire An Attorney?
The Sooner the Better It's one extreme or the other. Either I'm hired very early on, or late in the process. The sooner I'm hired the better, because there are several things I do. I request discovery. I request an...