Reader’s Question:

I submitted to the Intoxilyzer after being arrested for DWI. Did I make a mistake? Please also note that this is my first DWI case in Jacksonville. Will I be condemned to an active prison time?

Erika

Jacksonville, FL

To answer your first question Erika, in most cases, no you did not make a mistake. However, there is no unconditional regulation as to whether it is better for one’s argument to surrender a breath sample or not, however in spite of the conditions, a negative response will have an outcome in a one-year suspension of your Florida Driver’s License. Moreover, the analysis on the Intoxilyzer is not automatically ascertain of your guilt; herein, saying no to the submission of a breath test could without cause revoke somebody who has one more issue available to his or her innocence.Erika this time to answer your succeeding question, the answer will be a big yes. However, not including the occurrence of disgustingly infuriating factors, most people who were charged of a first-time DWI in Jacksonville FL are sentenced to a provisional probationary period of time. It should be noted, nevertheless, that the state law offers prosecutors the good judgment to sentence anyone convicted of DWI to active jail time. Moreover, if definite aspects are at hand and established by the State, one may be convicted to a period of obligatory jail time, and even a first time wrongdoer may be disallowed from having a restricted driving opportunity.