If you are stopped in Georgia and then arrested for driving under the influence (or any other serious traffic offense) this cuffing and jailing can be a very jarring and disruptive experience. Over 95% of arrests are made by an officer with the Smyrna Police Department Georgia, and the balance handled by the Cobb County…
Continue reading ›By: Atlanta DUI lawyer and Ex-Police Officer Cory Yager A DUI arrest for a first offense DUI in Georgia is upsetting and scary. The arresting officer takes your plastic driver's license. Clear answers about Georgia drunk driving law are urgent. Many first arrests in Georgia are prosecuted as DUI less safe charges, a different charge…
Continue reading ›Atlanta DUI Lawyer: What to Do at a GA DUI Traffic Stop At no time have the schools in Georgia given their students information on what to do or NOT do, if confronted by police. This is true for high schools, colleges, and technical schools. This maxim is particularly critical to traffic cases, as well…
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Officers scoring the standardized field sobriety tests are trained to count 18 SFST clues in all. The three tests break down this way: horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) carries 6 clues, the walk-and-turn carries 8, and the one-leg stand carries 4. Those 18 clues are the entire scoring system for the standardized battery. The 6 HGN…
Continue reading ›Court-related GA DUI Consequences 1. DUI Convictions in Georgia are FOREVER – no expunction law in GA (can’t be removed from record and a conviction will NOT “age” off). You take it to the GRAVE. Because the record never clears, pleading guilty to DUI deserves careful thought about every available alternative. 2. Mandatory probation which will…
Continue reading ›Can You Beat a Breathalyzer? DON’T USE A GIMMICK TO TRY TO BEAT THE DUI BREATHALYZER! Copyright 2016-2018, William C. Head, Atlanta, Georgia [Call (800) 462-8222] Any person who believes he or she can read a website or watch a YouTube video to learn how to beat a breathalyzer test, is an idiot. No one…
Continue reading ›Invaluable list of 101 specific, proven tips on how to get out of a DUI charge – from Mr. Head’s Book Although this book is currently out of print, Mr. Head has set forth below the list of the 101 Ways to beat a DUI from his book. A skilled criminal defense lawyer should be…
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