Drunk Driving Detection Defense | Three-Strikes Drunk Driving Client Receives a Suspended Sentence

The client, who had been caught for drunk driving for the third time, was very afraid of receiving a punishment of an actual custodial sentence or heavier.

On the day of the incident, the client had a light drink with a meal at a restaurant in downtown Jeju and went to sleep early.

While sleeping for some time, he was awakened by the touch of his wife's hand shaking him.

Looking at his wife, he was startled.

This was because his wife had turned pale and was in great pain.

Alarmed by this, he took the wheel with the thought that he needed to take her to the hospital quickly.

On the way to the hospital, a reading corresponding to the punishment standard was registered during a sobriety check, and the drunk driving was detected.

As in the client's case, a person with a prior record of being caught for drunk driving who, within 10 years from the date on which a sentence of a fine or heavier became final, commits a repeated drunk driving offense (including a person whose sentence has lapsed) is punished according to the following subparagraphs.

Standards for being caught for drunk driving

The client argued that this detection of drunk driving occurred while he was rushing to take his ailing wife to the hospital.

The client had even gone to sleep early and therefore believed that the alcohol had fully cleared from his system.

Because he in fact felt no hangover or the like while driving, this detection of drunk driving was all the more a situation he found unfair.

Through legal consultation, the client emphasized the point that there was no intent in this instance of drunk driving.

The client argued that if he were to receive a sentence of an actual custodial sentence or heavier as a result of this drunk driving detection, his family's livelihood would become very difficult.

The client is the head of a household who has been fulfilling the economic responsibility for his family.

He emphasized the economic difficulties that the rest of the family would face if he were to receive an actual custodial sentence.

Because repeated instances of being caught for drunk driving can result in heavier criminal punishment, it is best to obtain a legal consultation from a 🔗specialist lawyer.

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