During a DUI investigation, police must arrest you prior to reading the breath test rights or implied consent rights.  If they do not, the breath can be suppressed.  As consent is not implied until after arrest, Officers can not arrest for “suspicion” of DUI in Georgia and then take you to the station to see […]

During a DUI investigation, police must arrest you prior to reading the breath test rights or implied consent rights.  If they do not, the breath can be suppressed.  As consent is not implied until after arrest, Officers can not arrest for “suspicion” of DUI in Georgia and then take you to the station to see […]

In Georgia under the implied consent law, citizens are required to give samples of their blood breath or urine in order to determine if they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. However, citizens are entitled to additional tests of their blood, breath, urine or other bodily substance from qualified personnel of their own […]

After a 2006 St. Louis Rams Football game this fall an Illnois Circuit Judge refused field test, a blood test and threw away a beer can after an accident with injuries. The police indicated that the Judge who had his chief judge as a passenger had a strong odor of alcohol, slurred speech and red […]

A MADD spokesperson announced their intention of seeking to increased penalties for DUI offenders making a 2nd conviction in 5 years for DUI a felony and a third lifetime DUI conviction a felony as well in the 2007 Georgia legislative session. Again our freedoms are never more in jeopardy than when the legislature is in […]

Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement began a three day sting on Friday Jan 13th, 2007, arresting those with pending DUI charges and DUI convictions who are not citizens in an operation titled Safe Streets. Ordinarily illegal immigrants are only subject to deportation for serious felonies or offenses which include at least a 12 month […]

The Ocean City Police Department’s in the State of Maryland is scrambling to explain why it let a drunk politician off the hook. It is waging a public relations campaign to explain to the public that field sobriety evaluations are relative and not pass/fail. This is testimony that you would never hear on the witness […]

300 DUI Breath tests in 300 DUI prosecutions in Broward County, Florida were thrown out of court because the Area Supervisors in Florida calibrated the Intox breath testing machines with tap water containing unknown chemicals instead of using laboratory certified distilled water. The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court judge’s ruling […]

From a good time to a crime
RICK KUPCHELLA, Special to the Times
Published December 31, 2006
Once upon a time, people laughed when you joked that you were too drunk to walk, so you had to drive. But then, once upon a time the Marlboro Man was the ultimate sign of virility.The Marlboro Man died […]

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