Penalties for Driving While Intoxicated are severe, and lawmakers continue to legislate stiffer punishment. Depending on the level of intoxication and whether an accident occurred, even a first offense can lead to a felony conviction and jail time. Defendants routinely lose their privilege to drive for months or years, receive thousands of dollars worth of fines, and receive criminal records that in the future affect their insurance and cost them job opportunities. Second or third offenses, or DWI’s charged along with driving without a proper license, carry even more severe penalties.
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