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The process begins at your arraignment where DWI charges against you aie
read and you are informed of the possible penalities if you are found
.uilty. You then enter a plea of guilty or not-guilty. If an evaluation ol
your financial status proves you are unable to afford legal counsel the
court will appoint counsel for you. Your trial date is then set.
If you are convicted of DWI at your trial, you have the right to ask the
court to consider you a candidate for probation, or the court can order
you to be considered so. This is no guarantee for probation, but only
a pre-sentence evaluation of you by probation officers.
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Drunk drivers can kill.
This announcement was paid for by Budweiser and D & D Distributing and the Daily Nebraskan
The pre-sentence investigation lasts up to four weeks. You are given tests
to help determine your alcoholic tendencies. Probation officers also
contact your family and friends, they check into your education and
employment backgrounds, your past police record- anywhere they can
receive imput about you. Their findings are recorded and sent to the
judge for his evaluation and decision.
Under the new DWI laws, put into effect July 17, 82, the minimal terms
of probation you could receive are: 60 days suspension of drivers license
with restricted privileges for four months thereafter, $200 fine, required
attendance at alcohol education classes, and to submit a written monthly
report as well as reporting in person to the probation officer as directed.
If you are given a straight court sentence, the maximum penalty you
would receive for DWI 1st offense is: 7 days jailterm, $00 fine, and six
months complete suspension of your drivers license. 2nd time offenders
receive a mandatory 30 day jailterm, $500 fine, and one year complete
suspension. 3rd time offenders receive 3-6 months in jail, $500 fine,
. and lifetime suspension of driving privileges.
One DWI conviction will stay with you forever. Nebraska is now in a
thirty-state compact whereby if you lose your license because of DWI
in this state, you lose it in 29 other states. Remember, a taxi cab costs
only pennies compared to the emotional and financial costs of a
drunken driving charge.
We'd like to thank the University Health Center for
their assistance in preparing this ad.
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