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…
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