Do you need a lawyer if you want to plead guilty to your Drive While Under Suspension charge?

Do you need a lawyer if you want to plead guilty to your Drive While Under Suspension charge?

• Do you still need a lawyer if you want to plead guilty to your Drive While Under Suspension charge?
• The answer is maybe.
• Take a step back and consider these 3 factors.

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1/  Don’t let stress influence your decision.

• Getting charged with Driving While Under Suspension is stressful.
• And what makes this stress even worse is that the legal process you have to go through may take a long time. Months, even over a year.
• That pressure — that stress — will often lead people to plead guilty just because they want to “get it over with.”  
• The problem with making a decision based on stress is the penalties.
• At a minimum, you’re facing a 6-month driving suspension. And in some cases, you may be facing jail time.
• So making your decision based on stress is likely NOT the right thing to do.

2/  If a mistake was made, your charge might be withdrawn. Even if you’re guilty.

• People who want to plead guilty to driving while under suspension use this logic.
• Your license was suspended. You drove. And you got caught.
• If you know this, then for sure, the Prosecutors in court know this too.
• So, you’re going to lose anyway.  
• Why not get it over with so you can get on with your life.
• The mistake with this logic is that there are rules that the Police and the Prosecutors must follow to convict you of your drive suspension charge.
• And the reality is the Police and Prosecutors make mistakes.  
• If any of those rules were not followed, then your suspension charge would get withdrawn, and the severe penalties would go away.
• So you may be making a mistake by pleading guilty.

3/  An experienced lawyer may be able to get your penalties reduced

• When a lawyer gets involved in your case, they may be able to get your penalties reduced in many situations.
• An experienced lawyer will have relationships with the Prosecutors and know the Justice of the Peace involved with your case.
• They know how these Prosecutors think. 
• And they know what their priorities are and what is possible in regards to penalties.  
• That knowledge is critical in getting penalties reduced.  
• And ultimately, getting a much better outcome than if you had dealt with your case without a lawyer’s help.