Ithaca Elmira Criminal Defense lawyer: What are the TWO Main Penalties for a DWI Refusal in New York State?

What are the TWO Main Penalties

for a DWI Refusal in New York State?

This video is about the New York DWI refusal case and the two main penalties of that refusal. Refusals come in two forms: express and constructive (where the police feel your effort was inadequate). 

If you refuse the police request to give a sample of your breath, blood, or urine you will be marked as a DWI refusal. 

Your refusal triggers two main punishments: 

1) a license revocation of one year (and a hearing on that issue) and...

2)  a judge's instruction to a jury that the reason for your refusal was that you had a guilty conscious. 

New York DWI and DWAI drugs criminal charges can affect people in many areas of their life. Bringing some certainty to some of these areas can often lessen the fear and the concerns.


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