DWI

North Carolina DWI Defense Lawyer

If you have been pulled over for suspected drunk driving in North Carolina, and a breath test shows a blood alcohol level or count (BAL or BAC) of .08 or more, you are facing DWI charges and potential license suspension because of the driving points assessed against your license. You may think, "They got me; there's no use in paying a DWI defense lawyer to fight the charges." At the Law Offices of John Drew Warlick, P.A., we have found that that kind of thinking is often wrong. Just as with any criminal charge, you have the right to present a defense on a DWI charge. In many cases where our clients have been arrested after failed field sobriety tests, they have been found not guilty and avoided DWI conviction after our defense team showed the judge evidence that contradicted the presumption of intoxicated driving. We work with our clients to obtain limited driving privileges, which include driving to work, business related driving, delivery and pick-up of children from school, and driving to medical appointments.

Invalid Stop · Insufficient Waiting Period · Faulty Breathalyzer

You may also be surprised at how many times arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI) are invalidated and the charges dismissed because we are able to show that the arresting officers did not make a valid stop in the first place. Other mistakes by law enforcement, such as failure to properly administer the field sobriety or breath tests, failing to wait the proper amount of time prior to giving a test, not giving valid warnings about the right to remain silent or right to counsel as required under North Carolina and federal constitutional law, can create opportunities for dismissal of the case or a not guilty verdict.

NC-172 · NC-210 · US-17 · Lejeune Boulevard (NC-24) · NC-258 · NC-53

Our DWI defense lawyers analyze each point in the DWI case—the stop, the tests, the arrest—to determine whether there is a chance to get the case dismissed or the charges reduced. Our DWI defense team has worked with local drivers, military personnel drivers from Camp Lejeune, and drivers from outside the area who were picked up for DWI while driving in the region for business or vacation for over thirty years to help them keep their driving records clean, their licenses valid, and their insurance rates low.

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