DUI Success Stories
State of Georgia v. H.B. – the client was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after being stopped at a roadblock. The client submitted to field sobriety testing and registered a .16 on the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test which was twice the legal limit. After a motion to suppress hearing all charges against the client were dismissed because the police did not follow the proper roadblock protocols and procedures. The client avoided a driving under the influence conviction, potential jail time and a loss of his driver’s license.
State of Georgia v. J.B. – the client was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and failure to maintain lane. The officer’s videotape clearly showed the client failing to maintain lane. The client performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was arrested. The client submitted to the state breath test on the Intoxilyzer 5000 and registered a .12. The client’s charges were reduced to a non-DUI offense without a trial after an expert witness was employed to testify about the inaccuracy of the Intoxilyzer 5000 given the client’s asthma problems.
State of Georgia v. G.K. – the client was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of marijuana. The driving under the influence charge against the client was dismissed after negotiations with the prosecutor. The dismissal was due to Miranda warnings not being given to the client before he submitted to field sobriety testing. The client avoided a driving under the influence conviction, potential jail time, and a loss of his driver’s license.
State of Georgia v. A.M. – the client was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and failure to yield after being involved in an accident with another vehicle. The client was actually a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident, although the driver of the other vehicle and several other witnesses gave statements to the police that the client was the driver of the at fault vehicle. After a thorough investigation of the case, a photo from an ATM camera was submitted to the prosecutor which proved that the client was not driving the vehicle only minutes before the accident occurred. All charges against the client were dismissed.
State of Georgia v. S.R. – the client was charged with driving under the influence. The client was pulled over by the police because of driving without any headlights well after dark. The client submitted to field sobriety testing and performed poorly according to the officer. The client refused to submit to a state breath test. The client’s attorney employed a field sobriety expert to demonstrate that the officer had administered the field sobriety tests to the client incorrectly. On the morning of trial, the prosecutor reduced the driving under the influence charge to a lesser offense. Conviction of the driving under the influence charge would have resulted in a twelve month loss of driving privileges for the client and would have subjected the client to loss of her job. The reduction in charge allowed the client to keep her job and avoid any license suspension.