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1. Lucio, Julie: You must take action immediately after a driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrest. Failure to promptly request a license suspension hearing will typically result in loss of your driverŐs license for six months. This can be a true hardship in Texas, where convenient public transportation is scarce. And driving on a suspended license can result in more criminal charges! If your driverŐs license has already been suspended, let the attorneys of the Lucio Firm help you get a hardship/occupational driverŐs license. An occupational license will allow you to drive to work, and for other necessities, even though your driverŐs license has been suspended. Besides a license suspension, a DWI charge can result in probation or jail time, fines, court costs, probation fees, $1,000.00 - $2,000.00 per year (for three years) driverŐs license renewal surcharges, and increased insurance rates. If you were involved in an accident causing personal injury you could be charged with intoxication assault, a felony. Worse, if the accident was fatal you could be charged with intoxication manslaughter. Under Texas law, there are three ways that a person may be "intoxicated" for purposes of a DWI charge. A person may be intoxicated if 1) his or her breath alcohol concentration is greater than, or equal to, 0.08, 2) they have lost the normal use of their physical faculties or, 3) they have lost the normal use of their mental faculties. The government doesnŐt need to prove all three of these - any one of the definitions is sufficient to support a finding of intoxication. This is the reason the State can prosecute a defendant for DWI even if he or she took a breath test which was less than 0.08. Contact an Experienced Texas DWI Lawyer Whatever kind intoxication charge you are facing, donŐt believe that you have no options other than to accept a plea bargain! DWI is an ŇopinionÓ crime Đ simply because a police officer thinks you were intoxicated doesnŐt necessarily make it so. Even cases with breath test results over 0.08 can be defended. The attorneys of the Lucio Firm have tried, and won, many DWI cases. Contact us for a free consultation with an attorney to discuss your options after a DWI charge and ways to avoid a license suspension. We can answer your questions about: * whether there was probable cause for a traffic stop when you were pulled over; * the reliability of the Intoxilyzer/Breathalyzer tests and other field sobriety tests; * the effects of a breath test refusal; * negotiating a plea bargain and the effects of pleading guilty; * how to take your case to trial and win!
2. Deandra Grant: Before juries begin the deliberation process, courts provide instructions regarding applicable law or procedure. In criminal trials, courts generally instruct jurors regarding the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt." This instruction is given primarily because the Constitution has been interpreted to require that each element of a crime be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt." Although this phrase is well known and used in courts across the nation, many courts have adopted accompanying language that varies the overall meaning. Such modifications are considered proper so long as the constitutional protections afforded criminal defendants are satisfied.