DUI Attorney Ridgeland MS

What should I do if I get a DUI?

Attorney Franks: The first thing you need to do is sit down and also draw up a description of what happened for your documents. As time passes you will certainly fail to remember the refined details very important to the DUI Attorney. Its the absolute first point you do. The day you go out the jail go to a coffee shop with a note pad and also write out everything you recall from the state of the roadway to the time to the weather to the police officer to the test carried out. If you do not know the name of the examination describe it. After that contact me and set up a visit and bring all documents you received from the authorities jail or bail bondsman.

Will I automatically give up my license with a DUI?

Attorney Franks: Just if you're found guilty of a DUI and you do not go the non-adjudication path. If you are found guilty of a DUI you will certainly give up your license for 120 days. There's no way around it besides non-adjudication. There are certain demands that need to be satisfied if you want to go the non-adjudication course and also not everybody qualifies for it. For example a commercial vehicle driver would not get non-adjudication.

If my license is put on hold can I get a limited license so I can get to work?

Attorney Franks: Regrettably in MS no you can not obtain a restricted license if you are convicted or you plead guilty without the non-adjudication. Nonetheless if you go the non-adjudication route you can put a breathalyzer in your automobile and every single time you want to crank it you have to blow in it and also it registers whether you have booze on your breath. That is the only way to get any kind of type of restricted license because you have to surrender your regular drivers license and obtain an interlock limited permit. Or else you'll be charged with driving while your license is suspended.

For how long is my case going to take?

DUI Attorney Franks: That varies from court to court and its a complicated question. If you're speaking about the date you're apprehended to the date the trial happens at the local court you're most likely checking out 3 to 4 months. That's the general timeframe and also there might be continuances involved. The state might request for a continuance which could extend it out one more month or two or three. In the event you're doing an appeal where you plead nolo contendere its likely going to be prolonged out another six months because you're in an entire different court and you're beginning the procedure again. It differs because the court tells us when they will hear it.

For how long will a DUI be on my record?

Attorney Franks: Let us claim you get a DUI first on January 1 2017 and you obtain one more DUI on December 31 2017. Those 2 DUIs are going to stack and the 2nd one will certainly become a DUI 2nd. However if you obtained a DUI on the 1/1/17 and you got one more DUI on 1/1/25 the twenty twenty five DUI would certainly be a DUI first. They stay on your record for five years. They do not completely disappear in that they are still there and also we can still see it. Nonetheless its not influencing your insurance coverage. You have the choice of expunging the DUI if you fulfill particular needs after 5 years which would certainly take it off of your record.



Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi. The population was 24,047 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wikipedia

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