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If a person is Driving While Intoxicated and a serious form of bodily injury was inflicted on another person as a result, that person will be charged with intoxicated assault. The charge is most often applied to motorists in auto accidents in which the driver’s intoxication is the suspected cause of injuries of the victim. In cases like these, if the officer feels you were intoxicated, you’ll be saddled with a felony DWI charge.
According to the current Texas legal standard, any injury that may potentially cause death, serious subsequent disability, or irreconcilable damage to a body part or organ, are grounds for felony intoxication assault charges.
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Defendants charged with intoxication assault face prosecution for a third degree felony which is punishable by a prison sentence of 2 to 10 years in a prison facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
In addition to prison punishment, defendants may be fined to the tune of up to $10,000 for their crime, and forced to wait up to 2 years before lawfully being allow to operate a motor vehicle in Texas.