A fatal crash with trace of drugs in system can mean 15 years
In June 2003, an Athens County jury acquitted an Athens area woman of aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with a car crash that killed a Shade man. A blood test allegedly showed that Farah Holter had chemical byproducts of recent cocaine use in her system at the time of the crash. Her attorney, however, using […]
Is a machine accurate when no one keeps the records?
Supreme Court: DUI test results should not have been suppressed COLUMBIA, S.C. The state Supreme Court says a lower court will have to review evidence of prejudice in the administration of a breath-test in a drunken-driving case. In a ruling released today, the high court says a trial judge erred in supressing the results of […]
Can the Police tow my car even if I have someone available to take it as an excuse to search it?
No. The Georgia Court of Appeals has adopted the view that “`[w]hen the driver of a motor vehicle is arrested and a reliable friend is present, authorized and capable to remove an owner’s vehicle which is capable of being safely removed; 405 or where the arrestee expresses a preference as to towing service and designates […]
What Georgia violations disqualify a CDL driver for one year
Any major traffic violation will make a Commercial Driver’s License holder loses his commercial privilege to drive for one year. “Major traffic violation” means a conviction of one of the following offenses anywhere and in any vehicle unless otherwise stated: Driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, drugs or any combination thereof in violation […]
What DUI Feels Like
The Arrest Process – Through the Eyes of a “Lawbreaker” by Mike Russo Driving through Monroe at one time or another, we have all seen the Monroe Police Department in action. We have all been guilty of becoming mesmerized by the red, white, and blue lights flashing atop the police cruiser, and slow down to […]
What if the human body could produce alcohol?
Endogenous or Auto Brewery Syndrome as a result of intestinal disorders Candidiasis is a yeast infection that plagues the intestine when good bacteria are killed as a result of the long-term use of antibiotics. Some candidiasis sufferers will feel, and appear to be, intoxicated. An unusual symptom of certain people with severe candidiasis is the […]
Suggested Reading for the Georgia DUI Attorney
Georgia DUI Blood Alcohol Testing Issues for DUI Experts Anthony, R.M., Sutheimer, C.A., and Sunshine, I. Acetaldehyde, Methanol, and Ethanol Analysis by Headspace Gas-Chromatography. JAT 4: 43-45, 1980 Caplan, Y., and Levine, B. The Analysis of Ethanol in Serum, Blood, and Urine, A Comparison of the TDx REA Ethanol Analysis with Gas Chromatography. JAT10:49-52, 1986 […]
If the Judge is Too Just, Get Rid of Him.
D.A. must remove judge from all DUI cases “By PHIL STRICKLAND – For The Californian courtesy of NCtimes.com Justice may be blind, but it’s easy to see there is precious little of it in the courtroom of Judge James Warren for drunken driving victims and their families. In rapid succession two weeks ago, the Riverside […]
Even I’m Not that Good: .413 and Lived is a Record!
Recommendation: medical attention and rehab Man falls on head during sobriety test Largo, Florida — Largo Police responded to a crash at Huntington and East Bay. Police say 55-year-old Alfredo Villada Martinez made a U-turn in front of another vehicle and caused the crash. Police say Martinez’s actions and responses afterwards demonstrated impairment. Martinez kept asking […]