A police officer does not necessarily have to see a vehicle traveling down the road before a Georgia DUI investigation can begin. Officers sometimes encounter suspected impaired drivers in parking lots, on the shoulder of a road, at gas stations, or inside vehicles that are completely stopped when police arrive. The driver may be awake, […]
A second DUI conviction in Georgia costs far more than the fine on the sentencing sheet. Here are six real costs Williamson GA drivers face on a repeat charge, and what defense looks like by comparison.
Georgia’s zero tolerance law makes 0.02 BAC a DUI for anyone under 21. What Flovilla and Butts County students face and how these cases are defended.
A DUI arrest that begins with a traffic accident can become more complicated than a case that starts with a routine traffic stop. Instead of focusing only on whether a driver was impaired, law enforcement may also investigate how the collision happened, whether anyone was injured, whether property was damaged, whether the driver remained at […]
Arrested on the US-41 corridor while passing through Milner over the holiday weekend? Here is how a visiting driver should weigh a plea against fighting the DUI charge in Lamar County.
Georgia treats most DUI arrests as misdemeanors. Here is when a Palmetto case becomes a felony, which court hears it, and what families can do in the first 30 days.
A Georgia DUI breath test does not necessarily produce one single number. When the State chooses evidential breath testing, Georgia law requires the operator to request two sequential breath samples. Those samples may produce slightly different alcohol concentration readings, and the fact that they are not identical does not automatically make the test invalid. What […]
Commercial license holders stopped at a roadblock on Tara Boulevard or SR-138 face a .04 threshold, federal disqualification, and a 30 day license deadline. Here is what to know.
A second DUI in Social Circle GA is a misdemeanor, but a third within ten years is a high and aggravated misdemeanor. See how the penalties compare.
A first DUI arrest in Georgia is a disorienting experience for most people. One moment life is normal, and the next there is an arrest record, a court date on a piece of paper, and a set of questions that feel urgent and impossible to answer at the same time. What is going to happen? […]
