What are the long-term consequences of a DWI? Christopher Combs and Steven Waterkotte of Combs Waterkotte discuss the potential long-term consequences of a DWI or DUI conviction on your record.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What are the long term consequences of a DUI?
Steve Waterkotte: The two most important things you’re looking at is obviously having a conviction possibility becoming part of your criminal record and your license loss.
On a first offense, almost always we’re able to mitigate that. Prevent not only a conviction, but also prevent a license loss in many cases. You get into a second, third, fourth, and beyond, a third being a felony, you’re looking at a conviction as a possibility and not only that, you’re looking at incarceration. You’re looking at longer term periods in which your license can be taken from you. Two in five years is five-year. You lose your license for five years. Three can be ten years.
As you increase in severity or the number of DWIs, you’re looking at stricter penalties, incarceration, longer license loss, and the possibility of conviction being part of your permanent record.
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