What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? West Virginia
Back in March of 2012, at the age of 20, I received a DUI. I spent about $3500 on my lawyer and had it reduced from an enhanced to an non enhanced, and I was put on a 1 year unsupervised probation period. Since then, I have not and will not every drive under the influence of any substance ever again. I have learned my lesson, and after a lot of thought I realize someone could have been killed.
This past Friday (move-in day at my university) after had consuming some alcohol with friends, where I stayed indoors in their apartment, I walked back to my apartment and went to bed. While in bed I received a phone call from my girlfriend, of over a year, who was an incoming freshman. She was crying and informed that she was lost and needed help finding her way back to her dorm and that a group of guys were yelling at her. She gave me two street names right before her phone died, so I went up and down the streets for about 30 minutes calling her name. I called her roommate who wasn't with her and said she wasn't back yet, and eventually my phone died. I then went back to her dorm and asked the nightstaff if it were possible to charge my phone for an emergency. I told them I didn't live there when they asked, and they told me to leave. I asked them if they could at the very least checkup on her room just to make sure she was there, and they refused. I plead for them to do so but instead they flagged down a bypassing cop, and then I received a ticket for underage consumption. It really is a bummer that this can endanger my former DUI case all because I was trying to do something helpful. I realize at the time I definitely should have notified the police, although at the time I was afraid of handing myself over for an underage. Being a college student, working two jobs, and paying all of my expenses and tuition on my own.. All I want to do is set this straight. I am awaiting an email response from my former attorney, and any advice I can get would be so appreciated.
There was no breathalyzer or evidence that I was drinking (open beer in hand etc, some of the kids on campus are crazy enough to walk around the main roads drinking in the open when they receive underages), and I didn't plan on going anywhere before I received her call besides straight to bed after walking home from my buddies apartment. Since I was on an unsupervised probation period from my former DUI charge, I am afraid that this is going to have severe consequences after all of the work I have put into setting myself straight. Whenever you have the time, it would be very helpful if you could discuss what my best options would be and whether you think I could possibly get the charge dropped.
Back in March of 2012, at the age of 20, I received a DUI. I spent about $3500 on my lawyer and had it reduced from an enhanced to an non enhanced, and I was put on a 1 year unsupervised probation period. Since then, I have not and will not every drive under the influence of any substance ever again. I have learned my lesson, and after a lot of thought I realize someone could have been killed.
This past Friday (move-in day at my university) after had consuming some alcohol with friends, where I stayed indoors in their apartment, I walked back to my apartment and went to bed. While in bed I received a phone call from my girlfriend, of over a year, who was an incoming freshman. She was crying and informed that she was lost and needed help finding her way back to her dorm and that a group of guys were yelling at her. She gave me two street names right before her phone died, so I went up and down the streets for about 30 minutes calling her name. I called her roommate who wasn't with her and said she wasn't back yet, and eventually my phone died. I then went back to her dorm and asked the nightstaff if it were possible to charge my phone for an emergency. I told them I didn't live there when they asked, and they told me to leave. I asked them if they could at the very least checkup on her room just to make sure she was there, and they refused. I plead for them to do so but instead they flagged down a bypassing cop, and then I received a ticket for underage consumption. It really is a bummer that this can endanger my former DUI case all because I was trying to do something helpful. I realize at the time I definitely should have notified the police, although at the time I was afraid of handing myself over for an underage. Being a college student, working two jobs, and paying all of my expenses and tuition on my own.. All I want to do is set this straight. I am awaiting an email response from my former attorney, and any advice I can get would be so appreciated.
There was no breathalyzer or evidence that I was drinking (open beer in hand etc, some of the kids on campus are crazy enough to walk around the main roads drinking in the open when they receive underages), and I didn't plan on going anywhere before I received her call besides straight to bed after walking home from my buddies apartment. Since I was on an unsupervised probation period from my former DUI charge, I am afraid that this is going to have severe consequences after all of the work I have put into setting myself straight. Whenever you have the time, it would be very helpful if you could discuss what my best options would be and whether you think I could possibly get the charge dropped.
