3000$ Attorney+penality or is it better to accept the 1200$ penality + Comm service for a DUI? ?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at
12:51 am
KOGservant asked:
I am still wondering if i should hire a lawyer to represent me in the court and try to bring down the charges because to hire attorney will cost more than paying actual penalties. the only issue is to do community service and 3 months First offenders program, im fine with that! anyone thinks i am making the right move?
I am still wondering if i should hire a lawyer to represent me in the court and try to bring down the charges because to hire attorney will cost more than paying actual penalties. the only issue is to do community service and 3 months First offenders program, im fine with that! anyone thinks i am making the right move?


That depends on whether you are guilty or not.
If you are not guilty I would pay even $20,000 to $30,000 or more to keep that off my record.
I would never plead guilty to a crime that I did not commit just to save money on attorneys fees.
However if you actually are guilty of DUI then I think that you owe it to the rest of us to plead guilty, surrender your driver’s license and never drive a car again.
Only you know whether you are guilty or not. I leave the rest up to your good judgment.