Tongyeong Drunk Driving Attorney | Defending a Client Who Committed a Hit-and-Run After Drunk Driving, Obtaining a Suspended Sentence

This is the account of a client.

The client explained that, having committed a hit-and-run after drunk driving, they faced the risk of serious punishment. The details of the client’s case, as the attorney found them, were as follows.

The client explained that, on the day of the incident, they met some friends for lunch, and being glad to see friends after a long time, drank one bottle of makgeolli each.

After leaving the restaurant, the client slept for about an hour in their own vehicle parked in front of the restaurant, and after waking up, took the wheel to head home.

Perhaps because the client drove not long after drinking, the client could not drive properly and collided with the front bumper of a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

The other vehicle was damaged in this accident, and out of fear that the fact of having driven after drinking would be discovered, the client left the scene as it was.

While heading home after leaving the scene, the client caused an accident by striking a streetlight at the side of the road, and the fact of drinking was discovered by a responding police officer, leading to this case.

The client explained that they had committed a hit-and-run after drunk driving. In this case, the charges of drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act and 🔗failure to take measures after an accident apply.

If these charges were established, the client faced the risk of the following punishment.

▷Drunk Driving

▷Failure to Take Measures After an Accident

The attorney mounted the following defense for the client.

After hearing the attorney, the court sentenced the client to a suspended sentence.

The client was expected to face serious punishment for drunk driving and failure to take measures after an accident, but with the attorney’s assistance was able to avoid punishment.

Drunk driving is punished severely because it can endanger the lives of others, and the client caused an accident through drunk driving and then failed to take measures.

In such a case, there is a high risk that a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed, so you should seek an attorney’s assistance immediately.

If you are facing charges like the client’s, please reach out to a 🔗Tongyeong attorney to request a consultation.