Should I expect to be on probation if my DWI charge is reduced?

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by Grant St. Jullian III

January 27, 2016

Asked 1/25/2016 – Austin, TX

Im currently going through pre trial for DWI. I blew a .081. Decent field sobriety tape. I got stopped for failing to maintain a lane

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It depends on what your case is reduced to. If it is reduced to a class c misdemeanor and all you have to do is pay a fine, then, no, you will not be on probation. This is unlikely, however. If the charge against you is “reduced” to an obstruction of a highway, the charge you face is still a class b misdemeanor which carries probation possibilities. Whether you end up on probation depends on what you and your attorney agree to (or what a Judge and/or jury decides after a trial)

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Grant St. Jullian III

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – 1979 Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1982 University of Texas @ Austin
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas since 1982.

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