Assistance of a Drunk Hit-and-Run Attorney | Client Charged with Drunk Hit-and-Run, Defended Against a Custodial Sentence with a Suspended Sentence

On the day of the incident, the client, while driving in an intoxicated state, caused an accident by striking a streetlight on the road.

In the past, the client had a record of criminal punishment for drunk driving, but because the client had not received a custodial sentence despite several instances of drunk driving, the client intended to proceed with the case without an attorney.

However, in this case, with a hit-and-run charge added to the drunk driving, a custodial sentence was a concern.

Determining that it would be difficult to proceed with the case alone, the client requested the assistance of a drunk hit-and-run attorney.

On the day of the incident, the client caused an accident while driving the vehicle without carrying a mobile phone.

Because the time and place of the incident were late at night with few people around, and the client had no mobile phone, it was difficult to ask for help or make contact with anyone nearby.

Accordingly, the client walked to a nearby convenience store immediately after the accident and asked for help, and judging from these circumstances, it can be seen that the cause was the difficulty of the initial response after the accident rather than an intentional flight.

The drunk hit-and-run attorney identified the specific issues of the case and systematically gathered the client's circumstances and the sentencing factors to prepare a strategy capable of obtaining leniency.

The client acknowledged all of the client's wrongdoing and was sincerely repenting and reflecting on having caused trouble through drunk driving.

Accordingly, the drunk hit-and-run attorney gathered the following materials to emphasize that the client was not merely reflecting in words, but was in fact making efforts to prevent reoffending.

The client is currently supporting the client's parents, and the parents were in a state of complete economic dependence on the client.

The drunk hit-and-run attorney organized this family situation through materials and statements and conveyed to the court in specific terms the economic and practical difficulties the family would face if the client were to receive a custodial sentence.

Through this, the attorney increased the possibility of leniency for the client and prepared grounds that the court could take into account when determining the sentence.

Drunk driving refers, as the term suggests, to the act of driving while in an intoxicated state, and it is punished in accordance with the relevant statutes.

A hit-and-run constitutes a violation of the duty of "failure to take measures after an accident" under the Road Traffic Act.

The Supreme Court has held as follows regarding the charge of failure to take measures after an accident.

Supreme Court, February 25, 2010, 2009Do11057

However, in the client's case, by leaving the scene at the time of the accident, the charge of violating the duty of failure to take measures after an accident under the Road Traffic Act was established.

Level of Punishment for Failure to Take Measures After an Accident

Level of Punishment for Drunk Driving

Drunk hit-and-run can lead not only to criminal punishment but also to administrative disadvantages, such as the suspension or revocation of a license.

In particular, where there is a record of drunk driving, as in the client's case, the likelihood of a custodial sentence is high, and along with criminal punishment, practical disadvantages such as increased insurance premiums may arise at the same time.

The drunk driving specialist attorney at Daeryun Law Firm systematically gathers and organizes sentencing factors such as the degree of reflection, the family support situation, and efforts to prevent reoffending, and prepares a response strategy from the early stage of the case.

If you have become involved in a drunk hit-and-run case in a situation such as the above, please request assistance without delay through a drunk hit-and-run attorney🔗by scheduling a legal consultation.