Will I go to jail if I am convicted of a DWI?

Q: Will I go to jail if I am convicted of a DWI?

A: Traditionally if you are charged with a DWI, it is your first offense, and there is no accident involved, you are not really looking at the possibility of jail time. However, if you have prior DWIs, you could be looking at the possibility of incarceration. If this is a felony DWI, because you have a prior Driving While Intoxicated within 10 years, then you are absolutely looking at the possibility of incarceration. Even if this is your first DWI, but there is an accident involved that includes harm to other individuals, then you are absolutely looking at the possibility of incarceration. It is very important under all of those scenarios that you immediately contact a lawyer, so the lawyer can work with investigators to try to make sure they challenge those charges in the best way possible, because you are looking at the possibility of incarceration.