DWI

Probation offers an offender a chance to avoid jail time, which is up to 180 days for a first-time DWI conviction. If you violate probation (known in the statutes as “community supervision”) for a DWI, you risk serving the full jail term you sidestepped the first time around. You could also face other penalties. Probation…

While several states adopted laws legalizing medical and recreational marijuana use, Texas’ laws remain strict in comparison. You may wonder how Dallas’ marijuana laws impact DWI cases now that the city adopted a law that permits officers to issue citations and release them if they have a few ounces of pot. The laws do not…

The actual DWI dismissal rate in Texas is difficult to determine. The data does indicate that a large percentage of people facing drunk driving charges enter a guilty plea. Among those who do not, however, the rates of dismissal and conviction on lesser charges are noteworthy – approximately 10 to 15 percent for dismissal and…

In Texas, your employer has the legal right to fire you for a DWI conviction in most cases. Although the statutes prohibit firing an employee for a variety of other reasons, no policy or law protects you from termination for a criminal conviction. Some union and government employees have protection from at-will termination. However, most…