Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Richard Lawson
In Cobb County, when an officer makes a stop of a motor vehicle and suspects the driver may be DUI, the officer typically likes to administer a preliminary breath test. This is not the breath test ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Cobb County officers stop drivers in and around the Marietta area all the time for a range of traffic offenses. In many of these stops, the officer then comes to the belief based on the drivers ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Typically, a first DUI offense is a misdemeanor charge. However, your first DUI can be a felony if there are minor children under age 14 in the car. While a misdemeanor DUI has harsh penalties, a ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Being pulled over for DUI is stressful and it is hard to think rationally sometimes. If you are pulled over for DUI in Cobb County, the Cobb County PD officer will usually asks you a bunch of ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
In a Cobb County DUI case, the accused driver never has to plead guilty or enter a guilty plea. In each and every case, ranging from a speeding ticket to a felony DUI, you are entitled to a trial by ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
It seems that Cobb County police officers, both in the Austell area, and throughout the county are making an increasing amount of DUI arrests. We highly recommend the services of a DUI attorney should ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Anyone who has driven recently in Vinings after 10 pm (and especially late at night) has probably seen police pulling over drivers and administering field sobriety tests . Every weekend in the Vinings ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
A DUI charge in Acworth typically begins when a driver is pulled over by an Acworth police officer for failing to maintain lane, improper turn, or some other type of erratic driving. A DUI arrest can ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
If you are arrested and charged with DUI in the city of Powder Springs , (or the greater Cobb County or Atlanta metro area), the citation you receive from the law enforcement officer charges you with ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
A DUI charge is overwhelming. Not only is there a criminal court date, but there is also an administrative license suspension that needs to be appealed. If you are facing a Kennesaw DUI charge, it is ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Police officers in Smyrna charges thousands of people with DUI. A lot of people plead guilty to these charges, despite the harsh penalties of a DUI and the effect they my have the persons career, ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Each and every day police officers in Marietta pull young drivers over for DUI. It almost seems like a witch hunt. Drivers under 21, particularly when driving late at night, get stopped all the time ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Richard Lawson
If you are caught DUI in Georgia, there are 2 different types of charges that you may face: “less safe” violation or a “per se” violation. A “per se” violation means that you had a blood alcohol ...
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