Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

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…

Georgia's main drunk driving statute still sets the rules for impaired driving in 2026, and the General Assembly has not passed a sweeping bill that rebuilds the offense or its penalties. Recent sessions did fine-tune three areas: ignition interlock rules, license suspension procedure, and the way officers gather chemical evidence. Those changes shape how cases…

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. See our…

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…