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Fulton County Superior Court: What is an All-Purpose Calendar

In Fulton County or Atlanta if you are arrested and charged with a felony offense you are sent to the Fulton County Jail instead of the Atlanta Detention Center.  In the context in DUI Atlanta or DUI Fulton County , you could be charged with a felony if you seriously injured or killed someone.  I recently had a client who was charged with an Atlanta DUI and 2nd Degree Criminal Damage to Property when she had an accident while DUI and hit a tree under the notion that she intentionally damaged the tree!?! 

While at the Fulton County Jail on Rice Street in Atlanta, Georgia, you will have a bond hearing.  After you receive a bond and are released, then you will receive a court date for an All-Purpose hearing at the Fulton County Superior Court in downtown Atlanta near Underground Atlanta on the corner of Central Ave and Martin Luther King Blvd in Atlanta, Georgia.  It is very important to have an attorney represent you at an All Purpose Hearing.   This will be your best chance for your attorney to discuss your case with an Assistant District Attorney and receiving Pretrial Intervention or "PTI."  PTI is the equivalent of having your case dismissed after you complete probation pretrial.  

If you don't have a lawyer, it will be very difficult to receive PTI.   In some cases, even with a lawyer, PTI is not an option.   Not all Assistant District Attorneys are created equal.  They don't have the experience to recognize a dog of a case from the being.   So they may want to reset the case to another date or if your case has been indicted quickly they may decided to push the case off to a plea and arraignment calendar.  Be prepared to spend all morning at the courthouse to get the a good result. There is an new system which Fulton Assistant District Attorney get cases in 9 week shifts from Bond hearing to All Purpose Calendars to Arraignment to Jury Trial.  Consequently, there is only one ADA  at the All purpose calendar and inmate pretrials must be completed prior to private attorney pretrials.  

If you are charged with an Atlanta DUI , be sure to contact an Atlanta DUI Attorney immediately.

 




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