Our client was a Veterinarian from New York. During her training here, she made the mistake of drinking and driving, and causing an accident–rear ending another vehicle at high speed, injuring the other driver, and testing a .24. Another attorney represented her while the prosecutor debated what to charge the driver with. Over a year after the incident, as the case dragged on, the driver fired the first attorney and turned to us for help. While waiting to be charged, her driver’s license was revoked for 6 months. She was finally charged, about a year after the motor vehicle accident, with gross misdemeanor DWI and gross misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation. She had been living in Minnesota at time of the offense completing her education, but had since moved to New York, having taken a job there. Since she was an out of state resident, she wanted to minimize the number of trips she would have to make to Minnesota for court, as she would have to pay to fly here each time, and would have to take time off from work. Because she lived out of state, the prosecutor had sent her case straight to Warrant status, so the Client had an outstanding arrest warrant on top of her other problems. We arranged for her to fly into Minnesota and turn herself in at a convenient date, and resolved the case in one court appearance. The client wanted at least 30 days to turn herself in to beginning serving her jail sentence. Usually judges will only give defendants 2 weeks to turn themselves in. Our client needed more time in order to arrange things at work so she would not be fired. We convinced the prosecutor and judge to allow our Client 60 days to turn herself in, thereby giving her the chance to save her job as a highly paid veterinarian. I got the judge to give the client four times the normal amount of time to turn herself in. The client and her father were very pleased. (File # 62-CR-09-3291)
Tags: CVO, Drinking and Driving, DWI in Minnesota for Out of State Resident, How Do I Save My Job, How Do I Save My License, Ramsey County Criminal Defense, Ramsey County CVO, Ramsey County DWI Attorney, Testing .20 or more
