Roswell Police DUI quota memorandum stuns community
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on April 28, 2010, the that City of Roswell, Georgia DUI police officers working the night shift have been ordered to meet a 25 a year DUI arrest quota or be transferred off the night shift. The story was based on a memo from a Roswell Police Department shift supervisor in […]
Read MoreDUI, Right to Counsel, Setting Aside Guilty Plea. Alford v. State, S10A0062, April 19, 2010. A. Alfo
DUI, Right to Counsel, Setting Aside Guilty Plea. Alford v. State, S10A0062, April 19, 2010. A. Alford was found guilty after a bench trial of DUI in Muscogee County State Court in Columbus, Georgia in 1995 without an attorney. He filed a Habeas Corpus petition alleging that he was entitled to legal representation. The Georgia Supreme Court […]
Read MoreIllinois Supreme Court Declares HGN Voodoo Science and limits use in court
Wheaton, IL (PRWEB) April 7, 2010 — In a sweeping decision, the Illinois Supreme Court placed limits on the police use of a sobriety test that had gone unchallenged in Illinois for the past 25 years. This case (People v. McKown (2010) — N.E.2d —-, 2010 WL 572082 (Ill.) (McKown II) has been closely followed by police departments, […]
Read MoreDUI refusal, Jury Charges, Closing Argument: Cruselle v. State, A10A0575 (April 7, 2010)
G. Cruselle was stopped for speeding on I-285 in DeKalb County by Officer John Fox of the DeKalb County Police Department’s Special Operations Division. Officer Fox noted that Cruselle was unsteady on his feet; clothes were in disarray; had a flushed face; had bloodshot, watery, and glassy eyes; a strong odor of alcohol; in a […]
Read MoreDUI, Illegal Stop, Investigative Detention; Butler v. State, A10AA0736 (April 7, 2010)
DUI, Illegal Stop, Investigative Detention; Butler v. State, A10AA0736 (April 7, 2010). J. Butler was found guilty of DUI in Columbia County Superior Court in Appling, Georgia near Augusta, Georgia. She appealed the legality of her stop. Staff Sergeant Thomas Harper of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance. He saw a vehicle […]
Read MoreDUI Drugs, Equal Protection: Cocaine Metabolite legal use versus illegal use, Head v. State, A09A20
DUI, DUI Less Safe Sufficiency of the Evidence, Drugs, Equal Protection: Cocaine Metabolite legal use versus illegal use, Head v. State, A09A2039, Court of Appeals of Georgia, (Decided: March 18, 2010). B. Head was arrested for DUI in Carroll County after a traffic accident wherein he broadsided a bus that turned in front of him. The […]
Read MoreSavannah DUI arrests soar and fatalities decline in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day
The Savannah Morning News reported that DUI arrests in Savannah, Chatham County have sharply increased so far this year compared to last year. This year there have been 127 DUI arrests since January 1st., 2010. Roadway fatalities have decreased from the same period last year from 7 to 3. Law enforcement officials attributed the decrease […]
Read MoreLegislative Update: HB 92 requires second DUI punishment for first time DUI offenders over 0.15
Georgia Representative Kevin Levitas is banking more Georgia DUI capital at the State House in Atlanta with a new “tougher on DUI offenders” legislation in HB 92. Last year it was toughening sanctions for multiple DUI offenders. This year the target is first-time DUI offenders. Soccer moms beware of that third glass of wine! It […]
Read MoreHere we go again: Intoxilyzer 5000 flawed results have been faulty since 2008
Washington Police have discovered that DUI breath tests on the Intoxilzyer 5000 have been flawed since 2008 and are dropping DUIs because of it. These are the same DUI breath test machines used in Georgia to incarcerate people for DUI arrests and DUIs in Atlanta. Unlike district authorities, DUI law enforcement officials in Atlanta do […]
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