Let’s get this out of the way: Driving under influence is not a minor infraction with the law. Rather, it is a serious criminal offense. If you are indicted, charged and convicted for drunk driving in Georgia, you will be having a myriad of legal and personal...
Can the police just wait by the local bar?
The police certainly know that a lot of people drive to the bar, have a few drinks, and then drive home. There's a reason that drunk driving increases at night and part of that reason is that people are more likely to stay out at these types of establishments. But can...
Can you get a DUI after just one beer?
Typically, people assume that it’s fine to have one drink and then drive without getting charged with driving under the influence (DUI). They don’t expect to be impaired by a single drink, and they know they won’t get over the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit...
What do you need to know if you’re a service member facing a DUI?
A DUI can have serious legal ramifications for anyone. If you’re an active duty service member charged with DUI, you could end up dealing with consequences in both civilian and military court. The consequences depend in part on where the DUI arrest occurred. It’s...
Drivers: The legal blood alcohol limit isn’t all that hard to reach
The unfortunate reality for drivers is that what they consider to be impaired may not be the same as what the state considers to be impaired. This often leads to people who think they’re “sober enough” finding out that they’re over the legal blood alcohol content...
Members of the military face additional consequences for a DUI
Police officers and prosecutors in Georgia are not shy about enforcing the state’s DUI laws. In fact, in 2019, there were nearly 20,000 DUI convictions in the Peach State. Accordingly, if you drive with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08%, you have some chance of...
Man arrested for DUI and numerous other charges
A man in Georgia is facing numerous charges, including DUI charges for driving while under the impairment of drugs, after what news reports have called a two-day crime spree. Reports indicate that it all began when the man was driving a vehicle at night but without...
What to expect as a repeat DUI offender
You may not be aware of the severe consequences if you become a repeat DUI offender in the state of Georgia. If the court convicts you of a second or third DUI offense within five years of the first, fines and other penalties will increase significantly. First offense...
Georgia man faces DUI charges
A man from Georgia was recently pulled over and then arrested by the police in Vermont, and they allege that he was driving under the influence of alcohol. The man is 27 years old, and he was in St. Albans at the time of the traffic stop, driving down Fairfax Street...
Low alcohol levels and eye impairment
You may have heard that impaired drivers can get a DUI even when their blood alcohol level is under the .08% commonly cited as the legal limit. This is true, as officers have other means of gauging impairment and can arrest someone that they deem too intoxicated to...