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Buford v. State, A11A1518, November 4, 2011: Being told “I am charging you with DUI” while in a hospital bed is a DUI arrest for purposes of Implied Consent

Buford v. State, A11A1518, November 4, 2011: Robert Buford appealed his DUI conviction and the denial of his motion to suppress blood test result from his DUI in Cherokee County State Court in Canton Georgia alleging that he was not under arrest for DUI so consent was not implied for purposes of Georgia law and […]

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Dude, Where is my DUI? Jurisdiction for a Georgia DUI arrest

Cherokee County DUI, Holly Springs, Georgia: Criddle v. State, A11A0044, Court of Appeals of Georgia, June 16, 2011. A Holly Springs Police Officer received a call about a DUI on Hickory Road in the City of Holly Springs in Cherokee County. When the Holly Springs Police Officer got there, he found Criddle’s pick-up truck hanging […]

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Court of Appeals rejects hard fought Cherokee DUI and finds fields relevant to establish blood alcohol

Holowiak v. State II, A10A2021, Georgia Court of Appeals, March 29, 2011. DUI per se; DUI less safe. Cherokee County State Court DUI Jury Trial. The Defendant Driver, Holowiak, was stopped at a roadblock in Cherokee County by the Sheriff’s Department. The Officer smelled an odor of alcohol, observed red and glassy eyes, flushed face, […]

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Holowiak v. State, A08A1872: Dodging the Intox 5000 Souce Code

In Holowiak v. State, A08A1872, the Court of Appeals refused to address the Intox 5000 source code in an appeal from the State Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Georgia. Mr. Holowiak, who was stopped at a roadblock in Cherokee County, challenged the “propriety of the roadblock and test results from the Intoxilyzer 5000 machine […]

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