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DWI Charges
Every DWI Charge Is Different. Your Defense Should Be Too. No two DWI cases are alike. Two people can face the same charge and walk into court with entirely different facts, evidence, and legal exposure. The charge shapes everything: what prosecutors…
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First-Time DWI
A First-Time DWI Charge Is Serious, But It Isn’t Hopeless. A first-time DWI arrest hits hard. You may have questions regarding your license, criminal record, and current employment. If this is your first encounter with the criminal justice system,…
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Felony DWI
Prior Convictions Change the Charge, But They Don’t Change the Outcome. A third DWI or another felony-level charge carries more serious consequences than a first or second offense, including enhanced punishment ranges, stricter bond conditions, and…
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DWI with Child Passenger
A Child Passenger Increases the Stakes. Not the State’s Burden of Proof. Under Texas law, a DWI involving a child under the age of 15 is charged as a State Jail Felony, even when the same allegation would otherwise be prosecuted as a misdemeanor. T…
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Intoxication Assault
A Serious Injury Doesn’t Mean You’re Guilty. The State Still Has to Prove Its Case. An intoxication assault charge is one of the most serious allegations that can arise from a DWI investigation. A person with no prior arrests and no prior DWI…
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Intoxication Manslaughter
Grief Is Real. So Is the Burden of Proof. Few criminal allegations carry the emotional weight of an intoxication manslaughter charge. These cases involve the loss of life, and the grief that follows touches everyone involved. Many accused of this off…
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Boating While Intoxicated (BWI)
The Water Changes Everything. Boating While Intoxicated cases share the same legal definition of intoxication as a DWI, but the investigations are very different. A roadside DWI investigation occurs on stable ground in a controlled environment. A BWI…
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Public Intoxication
A Public Intoxication Charge May Seem Minor. The Consequences Can Last Much Longer. Most people charged with Public Intoxication weren’t driving. They weren’t accused of a felony. In many situations, they were simply leaving a bar, sporting event…
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DWI Evidence & Investigations
A DWI Prosecution Is Built on Evidence. So is the Defense. DWI evidence passes through many hands before it reaches a courtroom. It gets collected, handled, tested, and interpreted at every stage of the investigation, and each stage creates its own o…
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Traffic Stops & Welfare Checks
The Evidence Starts at the Traffic Stop or Welfare Check. So Does the Defense. Every DWI case develops in stages. An initial encounter leads to an investigation. The investigation may lead to field sobriety testing, chemical testing, witness intervie…
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Field Sobriety Tests
Field Sobriety Tests Measure Performance. Not Intoxication. Standardized Field Sobriety Tests are one of the most widely used and misunderstood tools in DWI investigations. These “tests” don’t measure alcohol concentration, drug concentration,…
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DWI Breath Test Cases
A Number on a Machine Doesn’t Prove Intoxication When a breath test produces a result above 0.08, prosecutors treat it as the centerpiece of their case. Jurors focus on that number too. But a breath test result is not a direct measurement of the al…
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DWI Blood Test Cases
What the Lab Found and What It Proves Are Two Different Things. A blood test result in a DWI case carries significant weight. Prosecutors present it as objective scientific evidence, a laboratory measurement of alcohol or drugs in the blood at the ti…
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DWI Refusal Cases
What You Refuse, and When, Shapes Everything That Follows. When a police officer pulls you over on suspicion of DWI, you will face a series of decisions in real time, without an attorney present and without time to think through the consequences of e…
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DWI Accidents & Injuries
An Accident Changes the Landscape. It Doesn’t Change the State’s Burden. A DWI arrest involving an accident is a different situation from a routine traffic stop case or welfare check. When a collision is involved in a DWI, the criminal ca…
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