Louisiana UDUI Underage DWI Defense Lawyers
We recognized that not all of our DWI clients will be of drinking age. While underage DWI makes for a more complicated defense, we have the experience, knowledge, and track record of success to successfully handle this very sensitive matter.
Zero Tolerance and Different Standards
In Louisiana, there is zero tolerance for under-21 drinking, let alone drinking and driving. The standards in determining an underage DWI are different as well. If the individual arrested blows between a .02 and a .08 into a breathalyzer, they can be charged with underage DWI. A .02 equates to maybe one or two drinks. Blowing above a .08 or refusing to submit to the breath test will be charged as an adult DWI.
Individuals under the age of 21 who register between a .02 and a .08 will automatically lose their license for 180 days. Louisiana law also mandates that if anyone under the age of 21refuses to take the test, they will lose their license for 180 days. With the same penalty in place, that gives an attorney more leverage to plea the case down to underage drinking of our client refuses the test.
Consequences Early in Life
The gravity of a DWI charge can change the life of an adult, including in his or her personal life and prospects for employment. A child convicted of underage DWI, or adult DWI if the evidence exists, carries that conviction from youth to adult life. At the Law Offices of Troy G. Broussard, J.D., we take the consequences of any charge and conviction seriously. However, with children who make childlike mistakes, we will do everything we can within the law to prevent that black mark on their records and get them the second chances they most likely deserve.
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