War Stories - Mississippi DUI Second Offense Charges Reduced
May 24, 2008
Last week we represented a client from out-of-state who was arrested and charged with DUI second offense in Tunica County and possession of Marijuana in a motor vehicle. This client retained our law firm less than 16 hours before his trial date. Although we normally do not accept DUI cases under such time constraints we chose to to take his case.
He had been pulled over by the Tunica County Sheriff’’s office and had failed the breathalyzer test after being pulled over for weaving. The charge for DUI second offense in Mississippi comes with an automatic 5 day jail term and would have cost this client his job.
We where able to have the possession charges dismissed because of lack of evidence and the DUI charge reduced to 1st offense DUI because of lack of authority evidence showing proof of the intitial DUI. Our client was very excited to be able to drive back home that same day without serving any jail time and without losing his job.
If you’ve been arrested for a DUI and need the help of an experienced DUI lawyer make sure to give us a call at 901-754-1340. We serve Olive Branch, Southaven, Horn Lake, Starkville, Oxford, Tunica, Holly Springs and all of North Mississippi.
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