DWI with Minor Child in the Car

Client was charged with DWI. Because her minor child was in the car she was also charged with a 2nd degree Felony Endangering the Welfare of a child. Her exposure if she was convicted of that charge was 5 to 10 years State Prison. Intially the Prosecutor was only willing to drop the 2nd degree to a 3rd degree. The 3rd degree would have exposed my client to 3 to 5 years State Prison. This was an unacceptable result, so we continued our fight. After over a year of hard fight and many court appearances, the Prosecutor agreed that the State's case was not as strong as she intially thought and we were able to drop the 2nd degree to a 4th degree with a period of probation.