Rockdale Superior Court Judge says Administrative DUI License Suspensions no good
A Rockdale Superior Court Judge has put a halt to illegal DUI license suspensions with a Temporary Restraining Order on the Georgia Department of Driver Services. The petitioners, all persons arrested for DUI, have asserted that the forms initiating their administrative DUI license suspensions were not sworn before a notary public as to the truth […]
Read MoreSTATE v. FEN YUE TAN,A10A0687,Court of Appeals of Georgia, Decided: July 8, 2010
STATE v. FEN YUE TAN, A10A0687, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Decided: July 8, 2010. F. Tan was arrested for DUI in Gwinnett County after rear-ending another vehicle at a roadblock. She had slurred speech, red and glassy eyes, took two Georgia Standardized Voluntary Field Sobriety Evaluations, a portable breath test, and gave an insufficient […]
Read MoreAnother Georgia DUI, Athletic Director Damon Evan get arrested by Georgia State Patrol
Damon Evans, widely honored Athletic Director at the University of Georgia, was arrested for DUI by the Georgia State Patrol Wednesday night, June 30, 2010. All Georgia DUI defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a jury of their peers beyond a reasonable doubt. Read the article.
Read MoreDuncan v. State, A10A0651, Georgia Court of Appeals, June 28, 2010
DUI, Prescription Drug DUI, Sufficiency of the Evidence, HGN, DRE, Harper Scientific Reliability. Duncan v. State, A10A0651, Georgia Court of Appeals, June 28, 2010. D. Duncan was found guilty by a Coweta County jury of DUI prescription drugs and alcohol in Newnan, Georgia. The defendant was stopped for driving with his headlights off (because they […]
Read MoreWright v. State, A10A0459, June 28, 2010
Vehicular Homicide, DUI, Sufficiency of the Evidence, Merger. Wright v. State, A10A0459, Georgia Court of Appeal, June 28, 2010. After crossing the centerline, a head-on collision, and admitting ingesting methadone and Xanax, M. Wright was convicted on two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of serious injury by vehicle, and DUI drugs less safe. Wright […]
Read MoreDr. Feelgood or Dr. DUI?
DUI a prescription for jail time By Debby Schamber Driving under the influence of prescription medications has become a more common occurrence in Orange. “There has been an increase of DUI versus DWI because of an increase of people being on prescription medication,” said Sgt. L.L. Claybar of the Orange Police Department. According to reports, […]
Read MoreGwinnett DUI arrest of County Commission Chair proves DUI Field Test don’t work
Law Enforcement can not believe they are wrong so they requested a blood test and went back to the restaurant to seize the receipt. Gwinnett DUI of County Commission Chairman blood test comes back 0.00 revealing no alcohol in his system and raising serious questions about DUI detection and standardized field sobriety evaluation techniques. Gwinnett County Sheriff offers […]
Read MoreEven One DUI can keep you out of Canada
Have you just been arrested for a DUI in Atlanta? No big deal. I will just plead guilty and move on. I have tickets to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and do not want my court date to interfere with my travel plans. Think Again! The Seattle Times reports that four-to-five passengers a week […]
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