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THE TWO-PRONGED STRATEGY OF DRUNK DRIVING DEFENSE
The fact of the matter is that most people who are charged with drunk driving wind up being convicted. Most simply plead guilty in some sort of plea bargain. Some are convicted after a trial. Therefore, in any case, it is important to take a two-pronged approach. Both prongs must be worked at from the beginning. The first prong is consideration of the Six Key Factors, so that you can win the case. The second prong is preparing for sentencing, in case you lose or plea bargain.
Let’s face it; you could very well be guilty. That doesn’t make you an evil person. It means that you made a mistake. Learn from your mistake!.
If you are an innocent person who is convicted despite your best efforts, don’t be bitter and angry. Use this as an opportunity to learn and grow as a person. Your life will be better and all of our loved ones will be safer.
How do you learn from a drunk driving case? This brings us back to the beginning. It’s easy. Get Help! Learn about alcohol abuse, attend A.A. meetings. Get counseling for your personal problems. Get an assessment to determine whether you have and alcohol problem and follow through with treatment recommendations.
Make this an experience that turns you into a better person, not just a person with a conviction.
Do it before the sentencing hearing. Do it before the trial. Do it right from the beginning of the case. Everyone who appears before a judge at a sentencing hearing (except, perhaps Mahatma Gandhi) says that he is going to change, that he will do the things necessary to become rehabilitated. That is not good enough.
Be the rare person who goes into the sentencing hearing saying that I have already done and will continue to do the things necessary for my rehabilitation. You will definitely be treated more fairly if you do. But more importantly, you will have taken a tragic difficult event in your life and turned it into a source of change for the better.
Good luck. Don’t drink and drive; that’s why God invented taxicabs.
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The Andrew Mishlove Law Offices
The Eastlake Towers Corporate Center
4425 North Port Washington Road
Suite 110
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
Phone 24 hours: 414-332-3499
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(877) DUI-DREW or (877) 384-3739
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