Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

By: Georgia Super Lawyer William C. Head, Georgia’s leading Georgia DUI law book author since 1995 DUI laws in Georgia are searched hundreds of times daily. Post-COVID 19, DUI arrests are back up in numbers equal to or greater than before the Pandemic. Even a first offense DUI in GA has some of the nation’s…

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…

By: Larry Kohn, Georgia Super Lawyer, AVVO Superstar DUI Attorney and member of Best Law Firms in America Starting in 1970, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal government began doling out funding equal to today’s equivalent of about $5 million during a 28-year period. The impetus for doing this came to them…

By: Cory Yager, Partner in Criminal Defense Law Firm Based in Metro Atlanta June 10, 2021 closes out the 45th year in law practice for criminal defense lawyer William “Bubba” Head. The Columbus GA native has authored or co-authored over a dozen law books, and still co-authors the leading treatise on Georgia DUI laws, The…

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. 2. Mandatory probation which will be for one year minus any days in jail for misdemeanor offenses; five years of probation required…

#1. A Georgia DUI ALS is an administrative license suspension of your driver’s license. It is a separate procedure from your criminal trial. The GA DDS will suspend your license on the 31st calendar day after your drunk driving arrest IF you do not file an appeal within the first 30 calendar days. #2. You…

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…

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…

When police officers are convinced that they are right about an arrest decision, being able to prove the error of the officer’s arrest decision can be daunting. Officers are trained in how to write reports that will pass muster of a supervisory officer, and get approval from a ranking officer. Likewise, officers are trained on…

The State Police of Michigan have announced a Labor Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over anti-drunk driving campaign. The 2016 annual state-wide joint DUI task force campaign is already underway, and continues through September 5, 2016.  For this particular campaign, Michigan State Police are joining with local and county police and Sheriff departments to maximize drunk…