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State v Council – Court of Appeals concedes refusal nor compelled breath test admissible

In State v. Council, 343 Ga. App. 583, 586; 807 SE2d 504 (2017), on September 15th, 2016, Susan Council was involved in a multi-vehicle automobile collision. Cobb County Police were told by emergency medical technicians that they believed Ms. Council was under the influence of alcohol. Ms. Council was polite, admitted to drinking 2 glasses of […]

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Chavez-Ortega v State – by their deeds you shall know an arrest

Chavez-Ortega v. State, A14A2188, Reversed, March 24, 2015. By their words, they will deceive, but by their deeds, ye shall know them.  Jonathan Chavez-Ortega was charged with DUI. Chavez was arrested by Cobb County Police.  He was initially questioned and then he was detained, placed in handcuffs, and put in the rear of a police […]

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State v Cartwright – 2 brake lights and a statute is not enough to avoid traffic stop

State v. Cartwright, A14A1392, September 24, 2014. The State appealed after Allison Cartwright had her DUI dismissed in Cobb County State Court after a motion hearing where the Trial Court found that Cartwright had not violated a traffic law requiring only two operational brake lights by having two operational brake lights but an inoperable center […]

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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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State v Hamlett gps tracking warrant denied on appeal

State v. Hamlett A13A0474; A13A0882 Court of Appeals of Georgia, decided 7/16/13, 8/7/13.  The Court of Appeals of Georgia picked up the fumble by a Cobb County Superior Court judge and overturned the conviction of the brothers Hamlett.  The judge had issued an order allowing for the placement of a GPS monitor on Jalim Hamlett’s truck.   […]

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State v Conner – A13A0371 – Georgia DUI Roadblocks – No Cones – No Signs – No problem

THE STATE v. CONNER, A13A0371, Court of Appeals of Georgia, July 3, 2013. On Appeal by the State after the granting of a motion to suppress an illegal, unconstitutional roadblock, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court ruling by the Cobb County Trial Court finding that the roadblock at issue was not well identified. […]

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Simmons v. State – A13A0083 – specific consequences of a DUI Jury Trial Wavier need not be known

In Simmons v. State, A13A0083, May 5th, 2013, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that there was no error in the Cobb County State Court Trial Judge’s acceptance of a waiver of the right to a jury trial before a bench trial in the Marietta Trial Court.  The Court found that the DUI Defendant need not […]

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Corey v. State – DUI Arrest – Open Garage is Curtilage

In Corey v. State, A12A2365, March 13, 2013, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that the search of the DUI Defendant’s Cobb County home or its curtilage was presumptively unreasonable absent exigent circumstances or consent even in the presence of probable cause and reversed the Marietta Trial Court in this Cobb County DUI arrest. Physical entry […]

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BUI Arrest Reported in Cobb County – Not Boating, but BULLDOZING Under the Influence

DUI arrests reported in the blogosphere this summer have been quite bizarre. There’s been RUI (rafting under the influence), MUI (mowing under the influence), PUI (plowing under the influence), and now this, BUI—not boating, but bulldozing under the influence. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on August 2nd, a man in Cobb County allegedly under the […]

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