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Rowe to the rescue.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Image from National Institute of Standards & Technology. Where I usually practice law in Maryland, a drunk driving defendant with a good driving record and nothing unusual in his or her case is a good candidate for a probation before judgment after any guilty verdict. A PBJ prevents one from losing points and driving privileges so long as probation is not later found by the court to have been violated.   Many defendants feel particularly enticed to plead guilty to drunk driving in Maryland when the prosecutor offers a guilty plea with the dual enticement of no opposition to a PBJ and a dismissal of the driving under the influence charge (carrying up to a year in jail with twelve points off one's license) for a guilty plea to driving while impaired (carrying up to sixty days in jail with eight points off one's license)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).