The short answer is, you can’t. Many factors go into whether it is a good idea for you to fight charges at trial or try to negotiate the best deal you can get before trial. Those factors, of course, stem from your individual case. Some people charged with impaired driving choose to fight those charges and wind up going to trial, while others do not. Both decisions involve complex, fact-based reasons.
Whether Your Case Goes to Trial Often Depends on You
Many DUI defendants—and their lawyers—decide to fight the charges, even to the point of going to trial, based on strategic decisions. For instance, in Alberta, drunk driving cases take up about 40 percent of the courts’ trial time. The burdens that DUI cases place on the courts can actually work to a defendant’s advantage. Prosecutors may agree to a more favorable deal for a DUI defendant to avoid bogging down the court and
