{"id":989,"date":"2025-02-24T21:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/?p=989"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:53:30","slug":"dui-less-safe-in-ga-being-charged-despite-no-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/dui-less-safe-in-ga-being-charged-despite-no-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI Less Safe in GA | Charged Even With No Test Results?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PrrbGBRY4CI\">Larry Kohn<\/a>, DUI Law Book Co-Author and Partner at Our Legal Firm<\/p>\n<p>Many first-time GA DUI arrests of drivers in Georgia don&#8217;t know what to do and will refuse the port-arrest testing requested by the law enforcement officer. Many are so upset about being cuffed that they \u201cshut down\u201d wanting to cooperate with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>After refusing to submit to post-arrest testing, though, many are quite shocked to learn that they are <strong><em>still being accused of DUI charges in GA<\/em><\/strong>. On top of that, their \u201crefusal\u201d to be tested (under Georgia\u2019s implied consent laws) puts their ability to keep driving at risk for up to a full YEAR!<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/dui-less-safe-in-ga-being-charged-despite-no-test-results\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading DUI Less Safe in GA | Charged Even With No Test Results?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Larry Kohn, DUI Law Book Co-Author and Partner at Our Legal Firm Many first-time GA DUI arrests of drivers in Georgia don&#8217;t know what to do and will refuse the port-arrest testing requested by the law enforcement officer. Many are so upset about being cuffed that they \u201cshut down\u201d wanting to cooperate with law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui","category-dui-defense"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DUI Less Safe in GA | Charged Even With No Test Results?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Refused the breath test or blew under .08 and still charged with DUI Less Safe in Georgia? 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