A fatal crash with trace of drugs in system can mean 15 years
In June 2003, an Athens County jury acquitted an Athens area woman of aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with a car crash that killed a Shade man. A blood test allegedly showed that Farah Holter had chemical byproducts of recent cocaine use in her system at the time of the crash. Her attorney, however, using […]
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Supreme Court: DUI test results should not have been suppressed COLUMBIA, S.C. The state Supreme Court says a lower court will have to review evidence of prejudice in the administration of a breath-test in a drunken-driving case. In a ruling released today, the high court says a trial judge erred in supressing the results of […]
Read MoreFayette Daily News Reports DUI crackdown for Fayette County and Peachtree City for Labor Day Weekend 2010
The Fayette County Georgia Sheriff’s Department announced a DUI crackdown in Fayette County, Peachtree City, Tyrone, and Fayetteville. County Sheriff’s and local City Police will be teaming up for an “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” weekend for Labor Day 2010.
Read MoreCan Police stop you to investigate if you are DUI in Georgia based on a phone call from another driver?
Accordingly, a general suspicion or a mere hunch is not sufficient to support an investigative stop. Although the primary means by which DUI police officers acquire reasonable suspicion is a personal observation of DUI driving, information acquired from an informant that exhibits a sufficient indicia of reliability can also be the basis for reasonable suspicion […]
Read MoreCan the Police tow my car even if I have someone available to take it as an excuse to search it?
No. The Georgia Court of Appeals has adopted the view that “`[w]hen the driver of a motor vehicle is arrested and a reliable friend is present, authorized and capable to remove an owner’s vehicle which is capable of being safely removed; 405 or where the arrestee expresses a preference as to towing service and designates […]
Read MoreCobb County DUI: case can’t be dismissed for failure to list witnesses
Major v. State, A10A1515, Cobb County DUI, list of witnesses with the accusation, (October 05, 2010); Dalthan Major appeals his conviction for DUI before a Cobb County jury in Marietta, Georgia. He appealed claiming that he should have been tried with the witnesses available on the initial date of trial under O.C.G.A. 17-16-21. The Court […]
Read MoreNorth Buckhead Driving and DUI School Opens on Roswell Road near Chastain
The North Buckhead Driving and DUI School opened a new Atlanta DUI school on Roswell Road near Chastain Park called North Buckhead Driving and Dui School. We offer the Georgia DUI Risk Reduction Program (commonly known as “DUI School”), Defensive Driving Classes (for Georgia Driver’s License point reductions and to help with negotiating speeding tickets in […]
Read MoreWhat Georgia violations disqualify a CDL driver for one year
Any major traffic violation will make a Commercial Driver’s License holder loses his commercial privilege to drive for one year. “Major traffic violation” means a conviction of one of the following offenses anywhere and in any vehicle unless otherwise stated: Driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, drugs or any combination thereof in violation […]
Read MoreTired driver arrested for DUI after failed police field sobriety evaluations…Suprise?
BARTOW — A second test confirmed what Polk County Commissioner Randy Wilkinson has been saying since Saturday: He wasn’t drunk or on drugs when Lakeland police charged him with driving under the influence. So, prosecutors, Thursday drop-ped the DUI charge against him after a urine analysis found no drug impairment. At a news conference Thursday […]
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