Paying a Rhode Island traffic ticket counts as admitting the violation. Once you pay, the violation is recorded on your driving record, and you lose any chance [...]
Most Rhode Island traffic violations are civil, not criminal. Standard moving violations like speeding, running a red light, or a lane change without signaling are handled as [...]
No. Say nothing about drinking, driving, or what happened, especially in a crash case where your words can be tied to causing injury. With a felony and [...]
Yes. Felony DUI charges carry mandatory prison exposure, and cases involving serious injury or death carry substantial minimum sentences. Because incarceration is a real and immediate risk, [...]
No. Rhode Island does not allow DUI convictions to be expunged, whether misdemeanor or felony. A felony DUI stays on your record permanently, which is exactly why [...]
Sometimes. On a third offense, disproving that a prior conviction counts within the ten-year lookback window can drop the charge back to a misdemeanor. On an injury [...]
