Client was arrested for this DUI and DWLS while he had another DUI pending. His bond was revoked on the first case and we were able to work out a deal for credit time served so client pled and took the DUI probation. The supervising prosecutor was not pleased that he was pled to credit time served on the first DUI and got out of jail because they wanted him to do 6 months jail on both cases together. We set the case for mandatory docketing and told the State we would set the case for trial if they didn’t allow client to plea to no jail on the new case because they were not offering us any incentive not to take it to trial. Ultimately the supervisor was called in to handle the case and agreed to our no jail offer. Client chose to plea to the second case as well rather than risk 6-12 months more in jail if we lost trial. The State in turn agreed to drop the DWLS charge so client would not be habitualized.
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