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Fairfax expungement motions get new hope for wet reckless cases
Fairfax expungement motions --and all Virginia expungement motions -- are not guaranteed to win, but are ordinarily worth filing if you are eligible for and want such relief. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that my colleagues and I were not thrilled with a...
Fairfax expungement- Virginia DUI lawyer on wet reckless
Fairfax expungement practice got a wakeup call this week, when Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Oblon determined in a detailed written opinion that wet reckless driving convictions amended from an original Virginia DUI prosecution are generally not eligible for expungement. W.H.D. v. Commonwealth of...
Virginia Wet reckless obtained by Fairfax DUI lawyer on 0.17 BAC
Virginia wet reckless (VWR) settlements are not automatically unreachable merely because your DUI case breath or blood test result involves an alleged blood alcohol content (BAC) at 0.15 or higher, which triggers Virginia's mandatory minimum five days in jail if convicted of such a DWI...
Virginia DUI deals- Converting DWI & refusal to wet reckless
Virginia DUI deals -- and all Virginia criminal case negotiating -- must be backed with a position of trial-ready strength. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I view trial readiness as plan A, B and C, thus making settlement negotiations important, but low stakes by being...
High blood alcohol case reduced by Fairfax DUI lawyer to wet reckless
High blood alcohol readings may initially give plenty of Virginia DWI defendants cause for pause. Nonetheless, as a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that a criminal defendant has two choices after being arrested- Play dead, or fight, fight, fight. The choice is clear, and particularly...
Fairfax DUI negotiations for wet reckless driving with 0.10 BAC or lower
Fairfax DUI negotiations for a wet reckless disposition seem to favor blood alcohol content (BAC) testing results of 0.10 or less. If the BAC testing was by blood draw rather than breath test, that BAC level for such negotiations might climb even higher. As a...
Wet reckless driving possibility still needs you to be ready for a DUI trial
Wet reckless driving is not a term of art, but a description for a plea offer sometimes extended by prosecutors who either are concerned about the strength of their Virginia DUI case (prosecuted under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) or have concluded that the blood alcohol content...
Virginia DUI defendants now have a more attractive wet reckless option
Virginia DUI defendants convicted for a first-time DWI offense under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs -- with a blood alcohol content (BAC) under 0.15 as of last year became eligible for unlimited driving during their one-year...
Wet reckless results obtained by Fairfax DUI lawyer
Wet reckless is better than a DWI conviction, says Fairfax DUI lawyer Wet reckless (WR) in Virginia typically means amending a DUI charge to reckless driving generally under Virginia Code § 46.2-852 in exchange for completing the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), driving on...
Fairfax DUI Case Results in Virginia Wet Reckless After Full Trial Readiness
Fairfax DUI case results can depend on such factors as trial outcome, strength of the allegations and defense, criminal defendant self improvement, and which prosecutor and judge involved. As among Fairfax DUI lawyers, I today follow up on my last blog entry entitled Trial Readiness...