DUI ACCIDENT AND .23% BLOOD RESULT REDUCED TO WET RECKLESS

Posted by Phillip CrawfordJul 16, 2024

PEOPLE v. DJB
Driver taken to the hospital after an accident.  There, he allegedly refused to take a blood or breath test.  The police got a warrant to take a blood sample.  The test showed a blood alcohol level of 0.23%, almost three times the legal limit.

At DMV, he faced losing his right to drive for a year.  At court, he faced jail time, a 90-hour alcohol education class, fines, five years of informal probation, and a license suspension leading to increased insurance rates.

Mr. Crawford won the DMV hearing.  At court, after months of litigation, the charges were reduced to a "wet reckless," with NO jail time, reduced fines, one year of informal probation, and NO license suspension.