How to Beat a DUI in Georgia and Avoid More Jail Time

The best way to avoid a DUI is to remain silent after you get pulled over. Only your name and address are required, and nothing else needs to be said. You should NOT self-Incriminate by talking, or by performing ANY roadside, optional field sobriety tests.

Clients that retain a member of our DUI law firm and who don’t answer a police officer’s questions like, “Where are you coming from?’ or “Have you been drinking tonight?” have a better chance at a favorable outcome on their DUI first offense, with our law firm attorneys handling their court case.

But, without examining your arrest paperwork created by the arresting officer (e.g., your alcohol test results from a breath testing device or other arrest information) and interviewing you, no criminal lawyer on Earth can tell you if you have viable legal defenses. As you will read below, our legal firm's DUI-DWI case assessment is 100% free, from our law partners.

With a top-rated GA DUI lawyer at my side, can a first offense DUI be dismissed? Possibly, but the more common outcome in Georgia DUI cases is a reduction of charges. This is because few clients want to risk trial and losing when an offer is on the table for a non-DUI disposition.

Do some DUI defense attorneys in Georgia know special DUI loopholes, that help them win Drunk Driving Cases? Yes, all three of our law partners know how to win cases in GA. One skill is knowing how to beat a DUI test on an Intoxilyzer 9000 device if the facts support this defense.

In the world of criminal defense, many high-dollar clients only look for the best DUI lawyers. Some call their corporate or business attorneys and ask for names of the top performers.

Those living at the poverty level want to know if a public defender assigned to handle their case knows how to fight DUI charges. These citizens should go with their appointed legal counsel, in 100% of the cases.

Then there are three types of potential clients whose circumstances are in between:

(a) The ones with enough money to pay for a great criminal defense lawyer, but who have self-assessed their chances of winning and have decided to not fight their cases; and

(b) The ones for which paying legal fees would put a strain on them, but who can see that their future may be derailed by a DUI conviction, and are determined to fight their criminal cases; and

(c) Those who know they need to fight but need a payment plan to hire skilled lawyers who know how to beat a DUI in court.

One answer works well for all these three categories: Why turn down a lawyer consultation with a top-rated law firm that reviews your pending case for free? Larry Kohn and Cory Yager will call you even on holidays and weekends.

Depending on your prior criminal law history, penalties for a drunk driving conviction can be either misdemeanor or felony and carry these "ranges" of punishment for the offender. As can be seen below, O.C.G.A. 40-6-391 drastically bumps up the MANDATORY punishments and driver's license consequences for repeat DUI offenders.

As a driver within the state of Georgia, you have "impliedly" consented to take one (or more) types of chemical tests once you are arrested for driving impaired. The statute sanctioning this post-arrest testing is called the "Georgia implied consent law." The Legislature passed this statute authorizing police to determine the alcohol content of your breath or your blood.

If something other than alcohol is impairing you, the test type will be a blood test, which will look for ANY impairing substances.

Refusal to submit to such tests puts your ability to drive in Georgia at risk, which is a civil penalty authorized under the Georgia Code. Plus, since 2006, police officers have been allowed to seek a judicial search warrant to extract your blood, while still having the right to move for the 12-month suspension for your refusal to be tested. So far, our state does not criminally punish people for refusing the implied consent law testing, but many other states do.

If you refuse a breath or blood BAC test, your driver's license will be suspended by the GA DMV (called DDS in Georgia), for 12 months. When you have a second or subsequent refusal, the civil suspension is for three years, with no chance to regain a full license (if suspended) for 18 months.

However, you can appeal a civil driver's license suspension by requesting a hearing. If you are arrested for a DUI, refuse to take a chemical test, and receive notice of an administrative license suspension, call our DUI attorneys immediately.

WARNING: You have ONLY 30 DAYS after the arrest to protect your RIGHT TO DRIVE! Call us NOW for free advice on how you take steps to prevent this.

When you need a DUI criminal lawyer, look ONLY for the best DUI lawyers in GA. Our law offices have three of those top attorneys in Atlanta. Our law firm is led by Board-Certified DUI attorney Bubba Head, a 48-year veteran of criminal cases, including DUI as well as general criminal defense.

Law partners Cory Yager and Larry Kohn handle every type of criminal case, from traffic ticket defense to murder. Where else will you find a DUI legal group with three published, national book authors on DUI laws?

With four office locations in Fulton County and Cobb County, our criminal defense attorneys can assist in your defense. If you have been charged with a drunk driving offense, the DUI attorneys at our Atlanta law firm are here to protect your rights, review the evidence of your case, and build the strongest defense under state and federal constitutional and statutory law. Call today, 24 hours a day, to our DWI-DUI law firm's local criminal defense office: 404-567-5515.