Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
In June 2011, Judge Jeffery Davis, chief judge of the Monroe County Magistrate Court and also a judge for the Forsyth Municipal Court was arrested for DUI in Bibb County GA. Shortly thereafter, Judge ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
If you were on the roads of the Atlanta metro area this holiday week, you likely saw Atlanta DUI officers out in full force. In nearly all metro-Atlanta jurisdictions law enforcement was cracking down ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
A Gwinnett County Sheriff's Deputy was arrested last week after getting into an accident in which he rear ended another vehicle. A Trooper for the Georgia State Patrol arrested Officer Douglas ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Nearly everyday people call my Atlanta DUI law office and are baffled that they were arrested for DUI. They feel that they performed well on the field sobriety tests . They may have only had a beer or ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Atlanta DUI officers make thousands upon thousands of DUI arrests each year. In the Atlanta metro area, DUI is big business for law enforcement. Atlanta DUI prosecuting attorneys and judges take DUI ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
All eyes are on field sobriety tests this week as their validty ( or lack of validty ) has been called to question by the mainstream Atlanta media. Atlanta news station WSB has shed some light on the ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Local news stations have been reporting that Doraville police officer, Kasey Lindsay, was fired from his position as a DUI officer for the City of Doraville after being charges himself with a DUI. ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Every day in Fulton County Georgia, teen offenders and offenders under age 21 are charged with minor in possession of alcohol charges, underage consumption of alcohol, and DUI charges . In addition, ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Last week in California, Griffin O'Neal, son of actor Ryan O'Neal, and brother of actress Tatum O'Neal, entered a not guilty plea to DUI charges and drug possession and firearm charges. ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Facing a DUI in Fulton County ? Do you have a prior record ? Prior DUI offenses, even if they were dismissed or reduced to reckless driving, are visable on your record to Fulton County DUI ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Drivers are arrested in Atlanta, GA for DUI all the time. Drivers are usually surprised when Atlanta DUI officers stop them, ask for their license, talk to them about how much they had to drink, have ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
In Atlanta, GA, most DUI officers will ask the drivers they arrest for DUI to submit to a breath test . There are two different breath tests used in a DUI arrest, and it gets confusing for many ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
In July of 2008, three young women were driving in the Atlanta area when their car was hit head on by a wrong way, DUI driver on I-20. It was later revealed that the wrong way driver had spent the ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
A DUI trial takes a lot of work. There are a lot of considerations when determining if you want to plea bargain or go to trial. Generally speaking, if you are facing an Atlanta DUI charge and can get ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Kiowa Gordon, who plays Embry Call, one of the werewolves in the Twilight movie series, was arrested recently for DUI in Arizona. Gordon is 21 and is suspected of having driven under the influence of ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
On August 19, 2011, actress Estella Warren plead nolo to her May 2011 DUI charge. Warren, best known for co-starring with Mark Wahlberg in the 2001 remake of the Planet of the Apes, was charged in ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
18 year old William Shaw Hemby has been charged with DUI , reckless driving, serious accident and injury by vehicle charges, and vehicular homicide stemming from an accident earlier this summer in ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Are you or a friend or family member facing arrest for a violation of probation? Are you having problems with your Fulton County probation officer and know that they will soon file a violation? Are ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Fulton County officers can charge and arrest young offenders with crimes just they would their older counterparts. However, if you are under the age of 17 in the state of Georgia, you will likely be ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
There have been many studies over the years linking being under the influence of alcohol with impaired driving. Drugs that affect the control of your muscles and cause hallicinations also may be ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
If you are under 21 (or the parent of someone under 21) who is facing charges in Fulton County State Court or a municipal or city court in Fulton County or the City of Atlanta, you are certainly not ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Fulton County and Atlanta police officers make hundreds of arrests each week for Driving Under the Influence ( DUI ) charges. Troopers from the Georgia State Patrol make DUI arrests as well. ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
After Atlanta prosecutors dismissed Atlanta Brave Derek Lowe's DUI, the GSP was extremely upset. The Atlanta GSP decided to send all of their cases directly to the State Court of Fulton County . ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
Fulton County and City of Atlanta law enforcement officers arrest thousands of people each year in Atlanta for the offense of marijuana possession . If the offender is possessing less than one ounce ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By Richard S. Lawson
In the City of Atlanta , young people are charged by Fulton County and City of Atlanta police officers everyday with the offenses of being a Minor in Possession or Underage Consumption of alcohol. ...
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