BWI Lawyer Fort Worth, Arlington, Tarrant County
The criminal defense attorneys at Kennedy & Kennedy represent
individuals charged or under investigation for BWI, Boating While Intoxicated,
DUI, Driving under the Influence, Intoxication Assault, Intoxication
Manslaughter, DWI, Driving While Intoxicated, ALR Hearings, Administrative
License Revocation Hearings, and driver's license hearings relating to DWI and
intoxication-related charges.
If you have been charged or are under
investigation for a BWI Boating While Intoxicated or
an intoxication-related offense, we can help. Boating While Intoxicated BWI and intoxication-related charges are one of the most widely prosecuted crimes in Tarrant County and the Texas courts.
BWI Defense Attorney Fort
Worth, Arlington, Tarrant County
The Boating While Intoxicated BWI lawyers at Kennedy & Kennedy have over 45 years of collective legal experience representing clients charged or under investigation for BWI Boating While Intoxicated and intoxication related offenses and have routinely obtained favorable results for our clients charged with the following offenses:
- DWI (Driving While Intoxicated)
- DWI 2nd (Driving While Intoxicated - Misdemeanor Repetition)
- DWI 3rd (Driving While Intoxicated - Felony Repetition)
- DWI with Child Passenger (Driving While Intoxicated - Child Passenger)
- Intoxication Assault
- Intoxication Manslaughter
- BWI (Boating While Intoxicated)
- DUI (Driving Under the Influence Minor, under 21 years of age)
- ALR Hearings (Administrative License Revocation Hearings)
Administrative License Revocation Hearing WARNING!!
If you have been arrested for Boating While Intoxicated BWI, you only have 15 days from the date of your arrest in which to request an Administrative License Revocation (ALR) Hearing to contest the suspension of your driver's license. If you fail to request an ALR hearing within this 15 day deadline, your license will be automatically suspended. Our criminal defense
attorneys can assist you in requesting an ALR Hearing within the 15 day deadline.
If you have been charged or are under investigation for a Boating While Intoxicated BWI or an intoxication-related offense, contact us at (817) 460-4500 immediately to schedule a consultation to discuss the specific facts of your case with an experienced BWI
defense attorney.
Selected Texas DWI Laws and Intoxication Offenses
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49.04. Driving While Intoxicated, Texas Penal Code
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and §
49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person operating the motor vehicle had an open container of alcohol in the person's immediate possession, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of six days.
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49.045. Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place; and
(2) the vehicle being operated by the person is occupied by a passenger who is younger than 15 years of age.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
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49.06. Boating While Intoxicated, Texas Penal Code
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating a watercraft.
(b) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.
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49.07. Intoxication Assault, Texas Penal Code
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, by accident or mistake:
(1) while operating an aircraft, watercraft, or amusement ride while intoxicated, or while operating a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, by reason of that intoxication causes serious bodily injury to another; or
(2) as a result of assembling a mobile amusement ride while intoxicated causes serious bodily injury to another.
(b) In this section, "serious bodily injury" means injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(c) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
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49.08. Intoxication Manslaughter, Texas Penal Code
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) operates a motor vehicle in a public place, operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or assembles a mobile amusement ride; and
(2) is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication causes the death of another by accident or mistake.
(b) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
If you have been charged or are under investigation for a BWI Boating While Intoxicated offense, contact us at (817) 460-4500
immediately to schedule a consultation to discuss
the specific facts of your case.
