Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

By: Georgia Lawyers Near Me for DUI, Larry Kohn, and Cory Yager of GeorgiaCriminalDefense.com What do police say when they arrest you? This is a very common question of our DUI attorneys from our clients in Georgia who are arrested for drunk driving or drugged driving. Georgia is the only state in the Union where…

By: Atlanta DUI lawyer and Ex-Police Officer Cory Yager, and one of the best DUI lawyers near me in metro Atlanta Georgia A DUI arrest for a first offense DUI in Georgia is a disruptive, frightening, and unsettling event. Because the plastic driver’s license is almost always confiscated, the arrested DUI driver’s right to drive…

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…

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…

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. Because the record never clears, pleading guilty to DUI deserves careful thought about every available alternative. 2. Mandatory probation which will…

#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…