Buffalo DWI Lawyer Discusses Receiving a DWI with Prior Alcohol Convictions

If you have been arrested for DWI with a previous alcohol conviction on your record, contact experienced Buffalo DWI Lawyer Arthur Pressman.

I am often asked as a Buffalo DWI Lawyer about what can happen if you receive a DWI when you already have a previous alcohol conviction.  If you are charged with a DWI in New York State, and you have a prior conviction for driving while intoxicated in the last 10 years, you will be charged with a felony. Ten years is the cut-off point in determining whether or not the case will remain a misdemeanor or a felony.

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 If you have a prior driving while impaired conviction within five years, penalties are increased. I advise clients that if you have three driving while impaired convictions within 10 years, what is normally a non-criminal infraction is elevated to a misdemeanor conviction. Remember, two driving while intoxicated convictions in 10 years is a felony. Three driving while impaired convictions in 10 years is a misdemeanor.

 If you have been arrested for DWI with a previous alcohol conviction on your record, contact Attorney Arthur Pressman.

This educational blog post was provided by Arthur Pressman, an experienced Buffalo DWI Lawyer.

Arthur L. Pressman, Esq.

Attorney Miami School of Law, National College for DUI Defense, New York State Bar

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Arthur Pressman focuses his practice in the areas of DWI, traffic law and criminal defense. Arthur is a 1982 graduate of the State University of New York at Albany. He earned his law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1985 and practiced with the law firm of Heller & Rubin in Miami, Florida from 1986 to 1988. In 1988, Arthur relocated to Buffalo, where he opened his own practice where he has continued to defend those accused of crimes in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York area.

Areas of Expertise: DWI Penalties, Traffic Violations, Speeding Tickets, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Driving Without Insurance, Reckless Driving, Traffic Tickets, Out-of-State Drivers, Criminal Defense, Probation Violation, Drug Crimes, Domestic Violence, Assault and Battery

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