DUI

If you’ve ever been pulled over by the police, you know how scary it can be. Even if you know you’ve done nothing wrong, you still worry. When you’ve been drinking and see the blue and red lights pull up behind you, there’s a good chance you’ll panic. You really don’t have any option –…

A lot of people think that, if they’re stopped for DUI, they get to go home with a ticket and a court date. Of course, they can’t drive themselves home. The cops will let them call someone to come pick them up. In reality, it works nothing like this. If you’re arrested and charged with…

Police officers in Athens, Georgia are trained for years on how to spot a drunk driver. Yet people still think they’ll be the one drunk driver to convince the officers that they haven’t been drinking. If you drive after having a few cocktails and see those red and blue lights come up behind you, be…

Most people only know what they see about DUI test on television. There are so many reality television shows out today that focus on the police and law enforcement. Even attorneys watch these shows and can easily point out when certain traffic steps are illegal. Knowing this, some people may be surprised to learn that…

People who get arrested and charged with DUI in Georgia face very serious consequences. Not only will they have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars in fines, they will also face other penalties. For example, most people know that people convicted of DUI lose their license at least for a few months. What you…

A lot of people think that, just because they’ve been arrested for DUI, they’re automatically going to be convicted. While it’s a good idea to be prepared, you also don’t want to accept the fact that you’ll be found guilty. If that were the case, nobody would ever hire DUI defense lawyers in Athens. The…

Some people choose to ride a bicycle because they’re health-conscious. Others simply can’t afford a car or don’t have their license. This time of year, there are more cyclists out there because the weather is getting warmer. A lot of people also think it’s a good idea to ride a bike rather than a driver,…

In almost every state in the United States, the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for a DUI is .08. This means that, in order to be arrested for DUI, you have to blow a .08 or higher on your breathalyzer test. The BAC is just a measure of what percentage of your blood is alcohol…

If you find yourself getting charged with a DUI after getting pulled over and blowing a high blood alcohol content, but you haven’t had a drop to drink, it may come as a shock to you. There is a medical condition that has been discovered that has a higher blood alcohol concentration and it is…

In order to understand what a DUI defense lawyer can do for you in terms of evidence, it is important to understand what the prosecutions evidence can do to you. Often it is the smallest piece of evidence that can turn a jury or even the judge into convicting you for a DUI. A lawyer…