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The penalties for A-A-A-D-U-I with injury or death in West Virginia are more significant, potentially more severe.
The penalties for A-A-A-D-U-I with injury or death in West Virginia are more significant, potentially more severe. In West Virginia, we also, what we call bifurcate the injury from minor injury to serious injury. The key distinction being minor injury is a misdemeanor, major injury, a kind of broken bones, any kind of, significant injury is a felony and a much more serious, penitentiary potential, interlock potential, your freedom, your driver’s license, all of those things.
So the consequences can vary and it’s important that ’cause a lot of times at the roadside what they’ll do is they’ll charge a DUI injury and somebody’s just sent to the hospital treated and released, but they weren’t injured at all. So it’s important that you get the hospital records, what you’re doing and how to scrutinize a DUI case.