The Importance Of An Experienced Lawyer To Defend A DUI Charge

We think that for a lawyer to be great, he or she needs to say that, yes, I know these particular things and when the time comes for the trial, I am prepared. But if something else comes up in the middle of the day, I will be ready for it and I will be able to adjust. So it’s being able to go with those punches, to take advantage of a legal defense that might not have been obvious till the moment the police officer presents evidence, that can make the most effective and powerful defense.

Good impaired driving lawyers tend to enjoy the minutiae of the job. Every case to some extent appears the same on its surface, and yet, every one turns on a different issue. The cases are very fact specific. It is as important, if not more important than another area of law, to remain current with the latest changes in the law. There are new impaired driving cases being released by the courts across the province every day and by the Court of Appeal on a regular basis. Even the Supreme Court of Canada has a tendency to deal with impaired driving cases. Being aware of the changes in specific areas, in this and all these revolving areas of law, is very important. If you don’t stay ahead at the game, you may find that you are either missing a defense that is available to you or you’re relying on a defense that turns out to have been closed.

Because there is nothing to gain by a guilty plea, as there may be in other areas of the law, people are motivated to fight these charges. And, the more people fight the charges, the greater the body of the case law becomes. It is also a function of the societal nature of impaired driving; it is not like many other offenses in that you really can’t pin this down at all, to any particular type of person. People who are charged can be male or female, or any particular race or age group or any ethnic class or social class. Impaired driving runs across the board. Our clients represent people from every range and walk of life. And very commonly these are people who have had no previous involvement with the criminal justice system at all. So, it is very much an atypical body of clientele to what people expect criminal lawyers to have. And these people are very motivated to do whatever they can to avoid the consequences of the conviction, so that creates very constant changes and a large volume of cases; you have to be on top of that.

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If you, or someone you care about, is dealing with criminal law issues in the Toronto,Ontario Region, contact Adler Bytensky Prutschi for a consultation.