DWI & Getting Busted in Houston: A Serious Matter

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DWI, Punishment

When a person is accused of a DWI offense in Texas the situation is severe and dire for people who are convicted. The following represents some of the most common penalties for persons convicted of Driving While Intoxicated in Texas.

Possible Penalties for DWI in Texas

• Loss of Texas Driver License
• You may have to serve jail time
• You’ll have a criminal record showing that you’re a drunk driver
• Fines will also be order by the court, which could go into the thousands
• You may have to have a anti-drunk-driving breath check device on your vehicle

As you can see, being convicted of a Driving While Intoxicated is a serious criminal offense in Texas due to the threat faced by the public. There are a number of instances where innocent people have been killed as a result of a drunken driving losing control of their vehicle in Houston, and in other localities in Texas.

If charged with DWI, you’ll need the best DWI defense lawyer you can find to avoid the most harsh of punishment.

What’s a Drunk Driving Felony in Texas?

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DWI, DWI Child Passenger, Felony, Intoxication Assault, Intoxication Manslaughter

This is one of the more commonly asked questions by people who are learning more about DWI laws in Texas. Listed below are the 5 main reasons a Driving While Intoxicated offenses would earn the seriousness of a felony classification.

• 3rd or more DWI
• Intoxicated Assault
• Intoxication Manslaughter
• Drunk driving with a child passenger

The above list represents the most serious criminal charges one can sustain for driving around while drunk.

It’s Illegal To Drive With an Open Beer

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Open Container Laws

In Texas, there are a plethora of excuses to arrest you and the police officers and sheriff’s deputies waste no time taking advantage of them. One thing is certainly true, regardless of why you’ve earned the attention of law enforcement, the process of getting out of the criminal justice system is sure to be a stressful one. With that said, lets look at one serious criminal offense that many aren’t aware of.

This crime is called Driving with an Open Container.

Driving with an open container basically means driving with a container, that has been opened, that was used to store or transport an alcoholic beverage. You don’t have to actually be drunk to be charged with this offense, the police and the D.A. only have to prove that the container once held alcohol in its capacity.