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Montgomery Traffic Violations Defense Attorney

While seemingly minor, traffic tickets can result in significant consequences, especially if you accumulate too many tickets in a short period. In order to avoid suspension of your driving privileges and other problems, any traffic matter should be handled carefully. Raymond D. Sprowls, attorney at law, can provide the intelligent advice you need to resolve your traffic violation matter efficiently and preserve your driving privileges.

New York City Traffic Tickets

When you are issued a traffic ticket in New York City, the traffic infraction is filed with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB). If you fail to respond to the ticket - either by accepting guilt and paying the fine or by pleading "not guilty" and requesting a hearing before an administrative law judge, your license could be suspended. However, it is important to understand the ramifications of paying a traffic ticket.

When you are found guilty of committing a traffic offense in New York, a specific number of points will be added to your driving record, depending on the severity of the traffic violation.

If you ever accumulate 11 points or more your driver's license will be suspended. If you ever are convicted of any three speeding violations within an 18 month period - even if they do not add up to 11 points - your driver's license will be revoked.

TRAFFIC VIOLATION

POINTS

Speeding

3 - 11 points

Reckless driving

5 points

Tailgating

4 points

Unsafe lane change

3 points

Failure to stop at a stop sign

3 points

Newburgh traffic tickets attorney Raymond Sprowls can help you contest the ticket. Successful representation could result in reduced points or a dismissal of the traffic ticket.

Contact a Montgomery Traffic Violations Defense Lawyer

If you have been issued a speeding ticket or other traffic citation in Newburgh, Orange County or surrounding areas, contact the Hudson Valley defense law firm of Raymond D. Sprowls, attorney at law.

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Recent Case Results

  • November, 2009:

    Two men were arrested in a car after police claimed they had seen the driver (Mr. Sprowls’ client) throw a quantity of cocaine out the window and on to a city street. At a pre-trial suppression hearing, Mr. Sprowls successfully argued to the judge that the evidence should be suppressed. Once the evidence was suppressed, the D.A. had no choice but to dismiss all criminal charges. The defendant ended up pleading guilty to a speeding ticket!

  • October, 2009:

    A few months after Mr. Sprowls’ client was arrested during the execution of a search warrant, Mr. Sprowls got the felony charges dismissed. The defendant had been found inside an apartment with prescription pills, marijuana, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia in the room next to where the defendant was standing. Mr. Sprowls used his extensive knowledge of search and seizure law and the facts of the case to convince the D.A. that the case could not be proven against his client and persuaded the prosecutor to dismiss the charges.

  • August, 2009:

    The police arrested two boys and charged them with felony Criminal Mischief, claiming the boys had caused damage in excess of $500.00 to a local municipal park. The boys denied the charges. The end result? Mr. Sprowls got the case dismissed in exchange for the boys’ promise each pay only $100.00. The moral of the story? Never accept the word of the police as truth -- they lie and exaggerate just as much as anyone else.

  • August, 2008

    Two men were arrested and charged with Burglary in the Third Degree, a Class D felony. Mr. Sprowls' client had just finished serving 22 years in state prison and was on parole.

    Within five weeks of the defendant's arraignment, Mr. Sprowls got the case dismissed and the defendant is a free man.

  • March, 2008:

    A high school-aged boy and four of his friends were arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including Burglary in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree. If convicted of the Burglary Charge as an adult, Mr. Sprowls’ client could have been sentenced to anywhere between 5 and 25 years in state prison. In October, 2008, after extensive investigation and interviews with witnesses, Mr. Sprowls got the case dismissed and his client’s bright future remained intact.

  • February, 2008

    Five people were arrested in a commercial establishment during the execution of a search warrant. The store was a "weed spot" and had been selling to a steady stream of customers for months.

    Mr. Sprowls' client was in the common area of the store when the police entered and no marijuana was found on his person.

    Within a month of his arrest, Mr. Sprowls got the case against his client dismissed.

  • December, 2007

    Two men were arrested in the City of Newburgh and charged with multiple Class D Felonies, including Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Third Degree. Mr. Sprowls' client had a lengthy criminal record going back over thirty years with a prior felony conviction. The D.A. was out for blood and insisted that the two men would go to state prison for these crimes.

    Of course, Mr. Sprowls could represent only one of the defendants. After investigating the case and researching the applicable law, Mr. Sprowls advised his client to refuse all plea offers and to remain ready for trial.

    The co-defendant was subsequently indicted and his case was transferred to County Court where he is looking at a state prison sentence.

    Mr. Sprowls' client is now a free man. Because Mr. Sprowls knew the law and the facts of the case, all of the charges were dismissed and the defendant is home with his family.

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Raymond D. Sprowls, Attorney at Law
2294 State Route 208, Suite 4
Montgomery, NY 12549
Phone: 845-764-4265
Toll Free: 866-323-1462
Fax: 845-713-4726
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