Many people who get DWIs have never been in trouble before. The shock of going to jail and having a pending case is enough to send stress levels skyrocketing. What is important to know is that most counties impose “pretrial conditions” even before going to court. These pretrial conditions are serious. Beware. When the court gives you a specified deadline to have an interlock installed, it is not a joke. Please do so. When you have an alcohol violation, this compounds the difficulty of your case. Normally the courts also notify the prosecutor, who makes a note in the file. Some bond violations take all morning to address. Our firm charges for bond violations for 2 reasons. Judges get very angry when bond conditions are repeatedly violated. The chances of going to jail for longer then increases. Most north Texas counties do not allow any alcohol consumption while on bond or on probation. The urine tests (etg tests) generally go back 5 days. Some counties have random testing. There is a whole lot of punishment which occurs before any actual punishment. So much for “innocent until proven guilty.”
