Plano DWI Lawyer Blog

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.

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by Collin County DWI lawyer Troy Burleson

DWI trials are very complicated and there are a lot of things that can derail even the best defenses. Last week, I was counsel in a very tough case against two extremely talented prosecutors in a local county. I believe I fought hard for my client, but unfortunately the jury returned a verdict of guilty.

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by Collin, Dallas and Denton County DWI Attorney Troy Burleson

May was a good month at the office for DWI breath test cases. I had three “wins” this month on cases in which my clients all gave breath tests over the legal limit. As I have reported in this blog, there are many reasons why you should set a breath test case for trial and many ways in which a good, well-prepared attorney can “win” a breath test case over the legal limit.

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by Plano DWI attorney Troy Burleson

As I have reported here before, there are many reasons why a person should not plead guilty if they gave a breath test that was over the legal limit of 0.08. I recently had a client, charged with DWI, who gave a breath sample nearly twice the legal limit. However, using a pre-trial motion strategy that I haved reference in this blog, I was able to get my client an acquittal.

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by Collin, Dallas and Denton County DWI Attorney Troy Burleson

Like I have said many times before, you never know what is going to happen at trial. Today, I had a breath test trial in a local county (I will not name the county to protect the prosecutors). My client gave a breath sample above the legal limit (greater than 0.08) and above the statutory limit in Texas that would have required a deep lung device had my client been convicted or entered into a guilty plea (greater that .150).

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