Mio, MI DUI and OWI Law Firms & Lawyers

Your failure to appear will, most likely, result in a bench warrant being issued for your arrest. The best way to avoid jail is to remedy the issue that led to the show cause hearing and then to voluntarily appear before the judge with evidence that you have fixed the problem.

Fleeing the scene has many different offenses. You can lose your license depending on what degree it is. Leaving the scene of a property accident does not make you lose license. You should have had a lawyer so they could try to deal one of the charges out, perhaps the fleeing the scene. An impaired driving will give you 4 points and you get a restricted license for 3 months. Perhaps probation, depending on court/judge. An attorney may be able to reduce the charge to reckless since you were a .08; however although it is not a drunk driving offense, it will be marked with a 3x which will mean that drinking was involved. You would lose your license completely for 90 days, which is why some of my clients prefer the impaired over a reckless, if they really have to drive for 3 months. A straight OWI gives you 6 points and no license for one month and then a restricted for 5 months again allowing you to drive to and from work and to probation, counseling, treatment, if you are on probation.

Field sobriety tests are sometimes video recorded, but dont have to be as the officer can testify as to your performance. You were foolish not to submit to the breath test. By refusing to submit to a breath test, the Department of Licensing will suspend your license for a minimum of one year, whether or not you are convicted of the MIC. The DOL suspends your license under what is called the implied consent law. Driving is a privilege. In exchange for the privilege to drive, you give the implied consent to submit to a breath test if requested by an officer who has probable cause to believe that you are under the influence. Depending on how old you are, the suspension could be until your 21st birthday, or one year, which ever is longer.