DUI Jury Trial Las Cruces New Mexico NM
Reader’s Question:
I was told by my sister that her DUI case here in Las Cruces, New Mexico would be heard by jurors. Could you please tell me what usually happens in a jury trial?
Eileen
Las Cruces, NM
In my own little research and experience, most of the DUI cases usually get resolved short of jury trial. However, some DUI cases would go to trial and that’s what the person accused of DUI has to battle. If your sister’s DUI case in Las Cruces, New Mexico would have to go to a jury trial, 12 jurors would be selected from the community to hear the prosecution’s DUI case and of course, the defense case. The DUI lawyer would cross-examine the prosecution’s witnesses and could call their own witnesses and experts to testify at this jury trial. All of the jurors should be totally convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that your sister is guilty before she could be convicted for DUI.
The decision of going to trial would be entirely up to your sister. Her DUI lawyer would discuss with her all the advantages and disadvantages and risks and benefits if they would go to trial for her DUI case. At this point her DUI defense lawyer would discuss with her the issues at trial and plot all the possible defenses for her DUI case.
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