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\nBy:<\/em> Georgia Super Lawyer William C. Head<\/a>, Georgia’s leading Georgia DUI law book author<\/a> since 1995<\/p>\n

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 harshest DUI consequences<\/a> under its GA driving laws.<\/p>\n

Those Georgia drinking and driving laws will be reviewed due to the mandatory punishments and DUI consequences<\/a> Georgia’s legislators have enacted. DUI penalties in Georgia have multiple immutable punishments that a judge cannot “excuse” or waive.<\/p>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDUI in Georgia: Consequences of DUI under GA DUI Laws — Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog —<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Veteran Atlanta DUI Lawyer Bubba Head explains the harsh penalties you face if convicted of drunk driving or drugged driving. The nightmare stops here! 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