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Georgia Dept Driver Services introduces online license reinstatement

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on November 12, 2013, that the Georgia Department of Driver Services has enabled online reinstatement of canceled, revoked, or suspended driver’s licenses.  This could prove to be a big time-saver for those whose licenses have been suspended for Georgia DUI convictions. More information about online reinstatement of driver’s licenses after a […]

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Cawley v State – Constitutional Speedy Trial Requires findings of fact

Cawley v. State, A13A2238, October 25, 2013. The Georgia Court of Appeals vacated the Glenn County Trial Court denied of a Constitutional Motion for Speed Trial in a case involving a 2009 arrest that was not brought to Trial by April 2013. The Brunswick Georgia Trial Court issued an order summarily denying the Constitutional Motion […]

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Did you know a DUI arrest can disqualify you from unemployment benefits

On October 29, 2013, HR.BLR.com reported a decision of the Kentucky Supreme Court that a DUI arrest, even without a conviction, is enough to disqualify an employee arrested for DUI from unemployment benefits. Most states require you to be entitled to unemployment benefits that you be fired for no fault of your own. So unless you […]

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Did you know that all memories are fabricated?

Technology Entertainment Design Talks are otherwise known as T.E.D. Talks discuss the nature of memories in Memory Games. It turns out that memories are not real and all memories are actually fabricated. Memories are a dynamic conglomeration of experience, suggestion, discussion, and reflection fused together over multiple episodes of recollection.  This is why memory is so […]

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The Waze Navigation gets you where you are going without a ticket

WAZE APP BETTER THAN RADAR DETECTOR Want your paths to be straight and your Waze clear?  Look no further than the handy smartphone application Waze.  Go to Waze.com and you can download the app to your smartphone which will give you directions where you are going and warn you about police speed traps, the cheapest gas […]

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Williams v. State – Roadblock policy must be Constitutional for roadblock to legal

Williams v. State, S13G0178, October 21, 2013. In a DUI arrest from Macon, Georgia, a  Bibb County DUI roadblock was declared Unconstitutional by Georgia Supreme Court because the Bibb County Sheriff’s Department policy sanctioned roadblocks for general crime deterrence.  The Bibb County Sheriff’s Department policy stated, ” Vehicle Roadblocks- Vehicles may also be stopped at […]

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Brown v State – Legal Roadblocks must be specifically planned in advance

Brown v. State, S12G1287, October 21, 2013. The Georgia Supreme Court declared the Roadblock in Mr. Brown’s case unconstitutional in violation of the 4th Amendment. On April 6, 2010, there was a complaint about speeding, racing, and littering on Groover Road in Cobb County.  On April 7, 2010, an officer was sent to survey the […]

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Blanchard v State – ineffective assistance of counsel – hire an expert – DUI Diabetes

Blanchard v. State, 13A1082, October 18, 2013. This is an appeal from a DUI jury trial in the State Court of Chatham County in Savannah Georgia. On appeal, Defendant alleged that it was ineffective assistance of counsel not to hire an expert witness to testify about his diabetes and how his diabetic condition could mimic […]

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Young v State – Intox Source Code Drama- its either not specific or not credible or both

Young v. State A13A0995, A13A0996, A13A01170-76, October 4th, 2013.  The Georgia Court of Appeals denied  9 Athens DUI Defendant’s requests for certificates of materiality to obtain a subpoena for the computer source code which operates the Intoxilyzer 5000, the official state-administered chemical alcohol DUI breath test machine for the State of Georgia, from the manufacturer of […]

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