Tracey Wood & Associates - Criminal Defense and Immigration Law

Defense Attorney Tracey Wood Drunk Driving Attorney Tracey Wood is a Super Lawyer in Wisconsin
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     Attorney Tracey A. Wood , owner of Tracey Wood & Associates is an aggressive criminal defense attorney in Madison, Wisconsin.    She focuses her practice on defending the rights of individuals whether they are charged with drunken driving or more severe criminal charges including murder, sex crimes in Wisconsin, federal conspiracy or seeking an expungement of a previous conviction.
   She is known throughout the legal community as the foremost authority on Wisconsin OWI DUI laws and has been hailed for her defenses and successful trial and case record.
   Ms. Wood has been pioneering new frontiers for women in law since she entered practice in 1992. She is the first attorney from Wisconsin ever appointed as a Standardized Field Sobriety Test Instructor, and first Wisconsin attorney to be appointed to the Board of Regents to the National College for DUI Defense held at Harvard Law School. She chairs the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Strike Force for the state's largest association for criminal defense lawyers and has previously served as the President of that organization. She has authored several articles on defense against drunk driving charges including Challenging Prior Under Influence Convictions, an article discussing U.S. v. Gant in the Wisconsin Law Journal, and she has contributed to the national DUI attorneys' bible by Taylor & Oberman, entitled "Drunk Driving Defense".
   She has also won many appeals in both the Wisconsin Appellate System (most recently City of Beloit v. Steven Herbst) and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago (i.e. U.S. v. Andres Perez).

Super Lawyer Tracey Wood defends people charged with OWI or DUI
Super Lawyer Tracey Wood defends people charged with OWI or DUI
Super Lawyer Tracey Wood defends people charged with OWI or DUI
NCDD National College for DUI Defense: Tracey Wood
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Wisconsin Penalties Fines Jail Time and Imprisonment



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Penalties provided by Wisconsin law include forfeitures (fines), jail time (usually, in a local county jail), and imprisonment (state or Federal prison sentences).

Forfeiture

Forfeiture refer to property - usually money in the form of fines - which must be surrendered to the court (the property is actually surrendered to the clerk of the court or as provided in the court order).

Misdemeanor

Misdemeanors include fines or jail time, or both. A misdemeanor charge is a lesser charge than a felony, but it is still a crime the conviction of which will result in a criminal record. For more information about Wisconsin misdemeanor charges, please refer to misdemeanor schedule.

Felony

A felony charge includes fines or prison time, or both. A felony charge is the most severe type of criminal charge under any state or federal law because it has the most severe penalties. In the United States, freedom is the most protected right; we have freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, freedom from restrictions on our liberties, and freedom to choose where we work or live, but no person's right to freedom exists at the exclusion of another person's rights. To win an acquittal on a felony charge is to be found not guilty of that felony - that is quite a victory for both the criminal defense attorney and the client.

If a dismissal is impossible, it is often desirable to seek a settlement (plea bargain). Because of the tremendous trial record of the attorneys at Tracey Wood & Associates, they are often able to achieve very favorable settlements (plea bargains) for their clients. Those plea bargains sometimes result in a felony charge being dropped to a misdemeanor.

Often times thought to be the first course of action, a trial is often the last course of action. Whenever a case goes to trial, the odds of winning an acquittal our far out-weighed by the probability of losing. The American justice system is intended to uncover, hunt down and prosecute criminals, and despite the fact that justice should be blind and all persons should be held innocent unless proven guilty, the reality is quite different.

If a felony case is lost at trial, the outcome is severe. Sentences for felony convictions include, but are not limited to: incarceration in a state correctional institution (a state prison), a mental facility, a detention facility or a jail; fines; sexual offender registration for sex crimes; probation; permanent revocation of the right to bear arms, carry a firearm, hunt with a rifle, or own or possess a weapon; revocation of the right to vote for the duration of the sentence (including all probation time); revocation of the privilege to drive, all driver's licenses including commercial driver's license; revocation of state-issued licenses; ongoing, and even permanent, monitoring.

Correctional Institution - Prison, Detention, Jail

A correctional institution can be a jail or a correctional facility (961.01(12m)), a secured correctional facility (938.02(15m)), or a secure detention facility (938.02(16)).

Jail or Correctional Facility

A jail or correctional facility can refer to a Type 1 prison, a jail, a house of correction, a Huber facility, a lockup facility, a work camp.

Type 1 Prison - Wisconsin State Prison

A "Type 1 prison" is a state prison. The medium security correctional institutions at Redgranite and New Lisbond, the correctional institution at Prairie du Chien, Stanley, Waupun Correctional Institution, Dodge Correctional Institution, Green Bay correctional Institution, Columbia Correctional Institution, Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, Racine Correction Institution (the penitentiary at the village of Sturtevant in Racine County), Jackson Correctional Institution (medium security correctional institution near Black River Falls), Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility, and the Wisconsin Resource Center (Oshkosh, WI) are type 1 prisons. As well, the probation and parole holding facilities and state local shared correctional facilities are also type 1 prisons.

State Correctional Institution

A state correctional institution means a state prison or a juvenile correction facility operated by the department of corrections.

Inpatient Facility

An inpatient facility means a public or private hospital or a unit in a hospital is primarily intended for the purpose of diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug abuse and which provides 24-hour care (Wisconsin Statute 51.01(10)).

Juvenile Correctional Facility

A juvenile correctional facility is a correctional institution operated (or contracted) for by the department of corrections or operated by the department of health and family services for the purpose of holding juveniles in custody. "Juvenile correctional facility" can also refer to the Mendota juvenile treatment center.

Voting Rights

A person convicted of a felony offense (a convicted felon) may not vote in any election until all sentence requirements are completed. Sentencing requirements include probation, mandatory reporting and parole.

Right to bear arms

A convicted felon is forever prohibited from possessing any firearm. Plea bargaining to a felony offense that results in a guilty pleading to a felony is a conviction. A felon need not have been convicted in Wisconsin; a conviction in any state results in the same outcome: a felon is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Free but professional "first-impression" analysis

If you are under investigation for Larceny By Trick, if you have been arrested for Larceny By Trick, or if you have already been convicted for extorition and believe your conviction to be wrong or your sentence too harsh, please call (608) 350-1004 or email the Attorneys at Tracey Wood & Associates right away. An Attorney at Tracey Wood & Associates will provide you with a brief but professional free "first-impression" analysis of your appeal based on the facts that you are able to convey. You can also submit your case online or email the attorneys.




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Please take notice that although the law firm of Tracey Wood & Associates website contains a large amount of accurate and useful legal information about drunk driving, OWI, DUI, Sex Crimes, Expungement and other serious crimes, it is not intended to be used as legal advice. Only an attorney can counsel you on your specific case. Please contact the attorney at Tracey Wood & Associates immediately should you find yourself charged with a Drunk Driving in Wisconsin, a DUI (Driving Under the Influence), OWI (Operating Under the Influence) or any other serious crime in Wisconsin at (608) 350-1004. Even if your researching drunk driving laws or sex crime laws in Wisconsin, Lawyer Tracey Wood can assist you.

Attorney Tracey A. Wood , 6605 University Ave Suite 101 Middleton Wisconsin. (608) 350-1004

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