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Probation ordered as a penalty for a criminal conviction allows the offender to avoid incarceration. Although probation is accompanied by conditions an offender must adhere to for the duration of the probation period...

Criminal records, including arrests and convictions, can significantly limit your personal and professional life. Fortunately, Georgia law allows certain individuals who were acquitted, found not guilty, or who completed their sentence to have their record restricted to move forward with their lives.

While it is a felony with serious consequences, the charge of Aggravated Assault is not uncommon in Georgia. Here are the ways in which you can be charged in Georgia..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.