Simi Valley, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

It is the crime of driving recklessly (breaking some traffic law) while you had alcohol in your system. It is sometimes offered as part of a plea deal when the DA expects that he/she will have a difficult time proving that the defendant was actually over the legal limit of 0.08 at the time of driving. It carries significantly lower penalties than a DUI. In most cases, a prior "W&R" is treated as a prior DUI if the defendant is later arrested on a subsequent DUI.

The penalty is up to the judge at the time. Traffic tickets generally will not violate probation, but you'd better do a good job persuading the judge at the hearing not to treat this as a PV is he says he intends to.

If you were convicted of DUI and part of your sentence included probation you may reenlist once you have completed the probation. If you are due to reenlist before the conclusion of probation you may be allowed to have your probation terminated early. Whether a judge will consider terminating your probation early depends upon the facts of your DUI, how much probation you have completed, whether you have violated your probation, whether you have completed your sentence, and many other factors. You should contact a DUI lawyer, if you didn't retain an attorney for your DUI, to discuss your situation more completely.