The first thing you must do is hire qualified legal counsel as quickly as possible. With a good lawyer, you’ll be made aware of the important deadlines we discussed earlier. You can begin developing defense strategies, mitigation activities like counseling and random drug screens, and other related tasks. Only a qualified DWI defense attorney can adequately help you. People must also take advantage of the ALR hearing process as an investigation tool.

Another thing you can do to help yourself is to deactivate, or delete, all of your Internet social media accounts. Prosecutors and their investigators will look you up on websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We don’t want them investigating you on those websites because they’ll use things you post there against you. They’ll identify your friends and call them on the phone to ask about you.

Next, you must remain silent. The only person you can speak freely with is your lawyer. If you talk to your parents, to your roommates, to your best friend, to a coworker, even text messaging or emailing, those statements can be used against you in court. So it’s critical you remain silent and speak only to your lawyer about the facts of your case.

Next, you must stop drinking, stop bar hopping, and stop any kind of risky behavior. The worst thing you can do when you’re in trouble is to get in trouble again. Ending those behaviors are a really, really important aspect of protecting yourself. We also talked about the possibility of counseling to help you develop the appropriate skill set to say no when drinking opportunities arise and to help you abide by all your bond conditions ordered by the court after being released from jail. This is important since we can use your performance on bond conditions as a mitigating factor. These are some things you can do to help your DWI case. Your Bryan College Station DWI defense lawyer can discuss these matters with you in great detail.