Lawyers and drunks, to me! DWI in New York....ASKING FOR A FRIEND!

Started by Berkut, February 25, 2019, 12:18:55 AM

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#30
February 25, 2019, 06:23:55 PM
Quote from: Malthus on February 25, 2019, 08:59:58 AM
DEFINITELY get counsel. Even if only to inform your friend of the implications. 

Depending on the jurisdiction, a DUI can have serious effects: for example, you can be turned back at the Canadian border.

What I advise is hiring a lawyer to advise your friend about what his options are, and possibly to take the matter through the courts. I would not, under any circumstances, do so without advice.

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#31
February 26, 2019, 01:19:15 AM
Quote from: Berkut on February 25, 2019, 02:04:00 PM

90 day license suspension instead fo 180, and you can get a hardship conditional license.


I thought that you said the law was harsh in NY.  In WV, a DUI first offense was an automatic 1-year suspension, or at least it used to be.

Maladict

#32
February 28, 2019, 05:27:29 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on February 25, 2019, 12:19:04 PM
Lawyering up and using money to influence the justice system is a time-honored tradition in the USA. They should use every legal means at their disposal to reduce whatever punishment might be forthcoming.

Yeah, definitely sounds like cultural differences. I've never heard of anyone lawyering up for something like this. You just pay up and deal with it.

Syt

#33
February 28, 2019, 05:41:23 AM
Btw, I'm very disappointed that the thread isn't called, "Lawyers, Drunks, and Money."
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mongers

#34
February 28, 2019, 08:42:30 AM
Quote from: Maladict on February 28, 2019, 05:27:29 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on February 25, 2019, 12:19:04 PM
Lawyering up and using money to influence the justice system is a time-honored tradition in the USA. They should use every legal means at their disposal to reduce whatever punishment might be forthcoming.

Yeah, definitely sounds like cultural differences. I've never heard of anyone lawyering up for something like this. You just pay up and deal with it.

Yes it's the European way. :hug:
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#35
February 28, 2019, 09:00:15 AM
Enjoy being European while it lasts.
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#36
February 28, 2019, 09:05:35 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 28, 2019, 05:41:23 AM
Btw, I'm very disappointed that the thread isn't called, "Lawyers, Drunks, and Money."

:lol:

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grumbler

#37
February 28, 2019, 02:07:38 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 28, 2019, 05:41:23 AM
Btw, I'm very disappointed that the thread isn't called, "Lawyers, Drunks, and Money."

Because that would be the same thing as calling it ""Lawyers, Lawyers, and Lawyers."
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#38
February 28, 2019, 07:53:57 PM
Quote from: Malthus on February 25, 2019, 08:59:58 AM
Depending on the jurisdiction, a DUI can have serious effects: for example, you can be turned back at the Canadian border.
as we all know, it is every American's dream to visit Canada and freeze his butt by -30  :P
I'm thinking there are worst effects than this one :P
- increase in insurance costs- problems driving to work (could be mitigade if they allow restricted driver's license)- problems driving outside of work- difficulty landing some jobs
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#39
February 28, 2019, 07:58:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 25, 2019, 12:07:18 PM
I'm going to mongers for all my legal advice from now on!
Trump should retain him instead of Cohen  :showoff:
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#40
February 28, 2019, 08:07:36 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on February 25, 2019, 02:54:56 PM
Quote from: Berkut on February 25, 2019, 02:04:00 PM
No mandated breathalyzer in your car bullshit (which is mandated by law in NY for an actual DWI conviction - that adds another $1000 for the install, and $100/month for the "rental" - what a fucking scam that is).

:hmm: Doesn't seem like much of a scam to me. Just buy your own breathalyzer for your car and stop renting it!
I don't know about NY, but in Quebec, you can only rent it and it has to be calibrated every 3-6 months depending on the model.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#41
February 28, 2019, 08:10:06 PM
Quote from: Maladict on February 28, 2019, 05:27:29 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on February 25, 2019, 12:19:04 PM
Lawyering up and using money to influence the justice system is a time-honored tradition in the USA. They should use every legal means at their disposal to reduce whatever punishment might be forthcoming.

Yeah, definitely sounds like cultural differences. I've never heard of anyone lawyering up for something like this. You just pay up and deal with it.
I think most people here do lawyer up too in cases of DUI.  Always depend on what.  .09 at 1:00am, they'll fight.  .44 at 11:00am, they'll just wait for the eventual liver failure.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

PDH

#42
February 28, 2019, 10:26:30 PM
Apropos of nothing.

Laramie, Wyoming a few years ago decided to save money by not calibrating their breathalyzers frequently enough.  When this became known in court many of their DUI's had to be ...vacated? (whatever the legal term is)...because the police had been too cheap to make sure people were blowing the legal limit.

I learned this because a Fedex driver who blew a .05 (he had his hazmat license so the limit was half of normal drivers) got his case thrown out of the court.
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Malthus

#43
March 01, 2019, 08:59:11 AM
Quote from: viper37 on February 28, 2019, 07:53:57 PM
Quote from: Malthus on February 25, 2019, 08:59:58 AM
Depending on the jurisdiction, a DUI can have serious effects: for example, you can be turned back at the Canadian border.
as we all know, it is every American's dream to visit Canada and freeze his butt by -30  :P
I'm thinking there are worst effects than this one :P
- increase in insurance costs- problems driving to work (could be mitigade if they allow restricted driver's license)- problems driving outside of work- difficulty landing some jobs

Heh, that's just an example that I knew applied.  :P

Every jurisdiction is different in terms of the effects. I have no idea of the situation in New York.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius
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