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What Are the Consequences of a Speeding Violation? DUI FAQs Involving a Defense Attorney Immediately After a DUI Charge Failing the Breathalyzer Without Drinking: Common Defense StrategiesDec. 23, 2020
The state of Georgia allows its citizens to drive with a limited permit at the age of 15 and begin a graduated license program to obtain a full license by the age of 18.
Read MoreOct. 16, 2020
Last year, in the famous Elliott case, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that someone's refusal to blow in to an Intoxilyzer breath test machine at the jail cannot be introduced as evidence against them in a DUI case because it violates Georgia's Constitution against forcing someone to make an incriminating act against themself.
Read MoreSept. 29, 2020
On July 2, 2020, the Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled that a trial court cannot dismiss a case for "want of prosecution" if the case is beyond the statute of limitations.
Read MoreJuly 15, 2020
Many people drive through Georgia with a driver's license from another state. Whether you are here for work, vacation, or just passing through, if you receive a traffic citation, you need to be careful how about you handle it.
Read MoreMay 26, 2020
You are arrested for DUI in Georgia. You're faced with the decision of submitting to a breath or blood test at the request of a police officer. If you submit to a blood or urine test after arrest, your license will not be suspended that day because it will take some time for the blood to be sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and analyzed.
Read MoreApril 29, 2020
As people are stuck in quarantine in close quarters with their families for extended periods of time, one ugly downside can be the emergence or reappearance of domestic or spousal abuse.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2020
People have been watching various news outlets for the near constant updates regarding the state of the Coronavirus pandemic. One concern for many is how it might affect their pending criminal case.
Read MoreOct. 23, 2019
Any person charged with a criminal offense, which includes traffic offenses, has a Constitutional right to confront witnesses against them. So does that mean if the officer that wrote the ticket, or made the arrest, or the alleged victim of the offense, does not appear in court, that the case is dismissed?
Read MoreOct. 8, 2019
Almost everyone who is arrested for DUI wants to avoid a DUI conviction. One way to avoid that is to enter a guilty or nolo contendere plea to Reckless Driving or another lesser charge.
Read MoreAug. 6, 2019
Sometimes people are charged with a crime such as Battery, Aggravated Assault, or even Murder despite acting in defense of themselves, their property, or another person.
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