Legislative Update: HB 92 requires second DUI punishment for first time DUI offenders over 0.15
Georgia Representative Kevin Levitas is banking more Georgia DUI capital at the State House in Atlanta with a new “tougher on DUI offenders” legislation in HB 92. Last year it was toughening sanctions for multiple DUI offenders. This year the target is first-time DUI offenders. Soccer moms beware of that third glass of wine! It […]
Read MoreHere we go again: Intoxilyzer 5000 flawed results have been faulty since 2008
Washington Police have discovered that DUI breath tests on the Intoxilzyer 5000 have been flawed since 2008 and are dropping DUIs because of it. These are the same DUI breath test machines used in Georgia to incarcerate people for DUI arrests and DUIs in Atlanta. Unlike district authorities, DUI law enforcement officials in Atlanta do […]
Read MoreThe Turn and Run test is not a standardized field sobriety test!
A man who was pulled over for suspicion of DUI in Covington, Georgia, Rockdale County did the turn and run test instead of the Walk and Turn test. He wasn’t under arrest, so why can’t a man run. He had an odor of alcohol, admitted to drinking a few beers, and had red and glassy […]
Read MoreMad Max got his DUI expunged, why can’t I?
“When everyone is a criminal, no one is free.” – Colin Dodd, Washington Post. Actor Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest and accompanying rant in California garnered extensive media coverage. Savvy Media watchers may have noticed that his DUI was expunged last week and may be surprised. What is an expungement? An expungement is when you have […]
Read MoreNPR story reveals 9 Billion Dollars a year is spent housing people who can’t make bail
January 21, 2010: National Public Radio story reveals that overburdened local governments spend over $9 Billion (with a B) Dollars housing people who have been arrested, are awaiting trial, and can’t afford to post bail some as low as fifty dollars. These are people a judge has determined are not dangerous, not a threat to […]
Read MoreThe 2009 Mothers Against Drunk Driving Law Enforcement Awards are in!
2009 MADD Georgia Law Enforcement Award Winners Agency Awards: 2008 Jerry Thompson Award – Carmen Smith- Fulton Solicitor General; 2008 Golden Achievement Award- Captain Luther Hires–Jesup Police Department; 2008 New this year C.E.D.D. “Award Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving” –Officer Alvin Rodriguez-City of Atlanta Police Department. – Carmen Smith- Fulton Solicitor General; 2008 Golden Achievement […]
Read MoreDUI conviction affirmed of Henry County DUI based on unsteadiness of man with cereral palsy
Harris v. State, A10A0119 (12/21/09). The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Rodney Harris a man suspected of driving while a less driver after consuming alcohol in a Henry County Bench Trial for DUI despite it being undisputed that Mr. Harris suffered from the cerebral palsy muscular disorder. (According to Wikipedia, The classical […]
Read MoreHow much is my DUI in Atlanta, Georgia going to cost?
Fox Five did a story on December 30, 2009, on the cost of an Atlanta DUI. Each year in Georgia about 200,000 people are arrested for DUI. In the five-county Metro Atlanta area, there are more than 20,000 arrests each year. They concluded that a DUI will cost on average about $10,000.00. That means that […]
Read MoreDUI Police fear Twitter
Major news outlets are reporting that police are frustrated by the use of Twitter to warn potentially drunk drivers of roadblocks. Police fear that this free dissemination of information may help to drink drivers escape arrest. This begs the question shouldn’t the police want people to know about roadblocks so they will take a cab […]
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