Plea to an amended count of Failing to Drive with Due Care. This is a huge result that we achieved for a great client. She and her daughter have been contemplating moving out of the Country - possibly Canada - and own a cabin up by the Canadian border. Any DWI conviction - and possibly even a Careless Driving conviction - would have precluded her from entering/moving to Canada. The plea to the Failing to Drive with Due Care means she will have no issues in doing so. What makes this plea even more remarkable is that we had no legal defense. Despite that, the North Star team knew how to put our client in a great position to negotiate this incredible result.

Plea to the 4th Degree DWI and no jail sanction. On top of that fantastic outcome, the State agreed to dismiss the original case entirely, agreed to an expungement of it, and then recharged a new case for just the DWI. This outcome was critical to the client because he did not want even the drug charge record to exist - even though it was going to be dismissed as part of the plea deal. Armed with a strong defense, the County Attorney relented after much negotiation to take this unusual path to a plea deal. Now, after the expungement is granted, the client's record will remain clear of any drug record and he'll only be left with a plea to a misdemeanor DWI as a standard first-time DWI. This is truly a fantastic result, but also a very creative one, once again showing how the North Star team fights for its clients and pursues the just and sometimes creative results for our clients.

Plea to careless driving as a misdemeanor. Client blew a .11 on a first-time DWI and had no legal defense. On top of that, the client had a wonderful job promotion opportunity to work for her company in Canada. A DWI would have prevented that from happening. Thankfully, the North Star team was able to secure a plea to an amended count of Careless Driving, which included no admission to facts relating to alcohol-use -- a must in order for the client to be able to enter Canada. Further, the sentence called for no community service, a minimal fine, and unsupervised probation. All in all, another great case result that saves the client and allows her to proceed with her future unscathed by this offense.

Plea to DWI, but no jail time. This case, concerning a VERY high BAC and a prior within ten years, was looking ripe for a six-month mandatory minimum jail sentence at the outset, particularly in a greater Minnesota jurisdiction known for being tough on repeat offenders. Mr. Adkins worked his tail off, and secured a NO JAIL outcome, with only a minimal fine and completion of the Interlock protocol (which was already in place to retain driving privileges). The right lawyer? We have him, on staff. Don't delay.

Stay of imposition. The client blew a .21. Though it was a first-time offense, that is an awfully high reading that prosecutors rarely move off of. With an initial offer to straight plea, the North Star team worked with the client in crafting a negotiating strategy to earn a better outcome. With no legal defense, the client decided to not drive for a year while revoked and stayed stone-cold sober. Eventually, the prosecutor agreed to a stay of imposition, which means the client will only have a misdemeanor record once he successfully completes the minimum 2-years probation. On top of that, there is no jail to serve and we even avoided the DWI assessment penalty that this county likes to impose when a reading is above .16. All in all, the client is very happy to have a misdemeanor record and no jail to serve - a great result given the facts of the case.

Plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. The sentence called for neither jail nor community service. She paid a minimal fine and didn't even have to complete a DWI course, which is typical for a DWI-type case, due to a positive chemical dependency assessment that only recommended a MADD panel. The North Star team did not have any viable legal defenses and the reading was a high .10. Nonetheless, the plea negotiations led to this terrific result for a young woman that needed to avoid a DWI conviction.

Client, staring down a six-month mandatory jail sentence and a permanent record for a horrible accident, walks out of a virtual hearing with no jail to serve, his vehicle returned, a conviction on radically reduced counts, and his license intact. Aggressive negotiations and timely treatment efforts, by Mr. Adkins and his client, respectively, result in a fantastic conclusion.

Plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. Client blew a .12 and had no defense. Typically, this means a plea to a misdemeanor DWI with STS - community work service through probation that is strenuous work. But, with the North Star team, the typical result is not good enough and they pushed for the atypical and incredible result of a plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. On top of that, the client is on probation to the court and does not need to do community work service through the County. For a young woman with a bright future, she could not be happier that she decided to hire North Star to fight for her.