Stages of a DUI Case
A DUI/DWI lawsuit begins with your arrest and ends with the sentencing. If you have been convicted, you have the right to appeal your sentence. To know more about the various stages of a DUI/DWI case, please click on the following links:
- Arrests: From the stop to the arrest
- Booking & Bail: What happens at the police station
- Arraignment: What happens at your first court appearance
- Plea Bargain: Where you can plea guilty in exchange for a lower sentence after reaching an agreement with the prosecutor.
- Preliminary hearing: Judge decides if the case should go to trial or be dismissed for want of evidence
- Pre-Trial Motions: Discovery, Exclusion of evidence and other matters
- Trial: Evidence, testimony
- Sentence: Penalties
- Appeal