It was a great week for DWI attorney Troy Burleson’s clients. By Plano DWI lawyer Troy P. Burleson
By Collin County DWI attorney Troy P. Burleson
It was a great week for the Law Office of Troy Burleson and my cleints. I tell clients all the time that there is very little downside to setting DWI cases for trial. The past week was a great example of why that is the case. Last week, three of my clients were found NOT GUILTY after trial, two of my clients' cases were DISMISSED and the state offered one of my clients a last minute plea deal on a DWI case in which my client had an accident and a breath test score of 0.220. The plea deal included NO PROBATION, NO JAIL TIME and NO COMMUNITY SERVICE. The original plea offer on this case was 5 days in jail, a probationary term of 24 month and 80 hours of community service. Evidentiary problems forced the prosecution to offer this unusually lenient plea deal.
Last week was a classic example of why I advocate as many trials as possible. Keep in mind, I cannot, as an attorney, force my clients to take there cases to trail. However, so far this year I have personally tried OVER 40 cases to verdict. Most defense attorneys will not take 40 cases to trial in 5 YEARS! The reason I advocate trials for my clients is because you always have a chance if you set your case for trial. If you plead guilty, you have zero chance to win. As I have reported here before, there are numerous problems that may arise that could potentially kill the prosecution’s case. Witnesses may not be available, evidence may be suppressed by a judge, an officer may turn out to be unqualified to testify, etc.
I don’t care what the facts of your DWI case may be. Every DWI case can be defended. I repeat, EVERY DWI CASE CAN BE DEFENDED. For example, in two of the DWI cases last week clients hired me AFTER their original attorneys told them that they had no chance to win at trial. Both clients were found NOT GUILTY after jury trials.
It was a very good week. I love defended my clients.
