Charles T. Magarahan's Legal Cases (10)

State v. Dyer

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Date: Jun 07, 2008

Outcome: Ga. Court of Appeals

Description: Decided that all defendants with BAC over .08 must actually serve 24 hours in custody.

State v. Hulsey

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: Double jeopardy

Description: We worked out a plea in the State Court which resulted in the elimination of some Superior Court... more

Darby v. State

Practice Area: Criminal Defense

Outcome: Mr. Darby was found to have contraband in his car

Description: Police stopped Mr. Darby's car on what we said was a pretext. Neither the trial court nor the... more

McCafferty v. State

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: Recission of refusal to test, we lost

Description: Mr. McCafferty rescinded his refusal to take the intoxilizer test. The Court of Apeals decided he... more

Bagwell v. State

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: We lost a week long jury trial

Description: We tried the Bobby Bagwell case before a judge that fought us all through the trial. We appealed... more

State v. Kruzel

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: Again, I won at the state court, State appealed

Description: I argued that the requirement that the two tests which make up a set of tests on the intoxilizer... more

State v. Naik

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: I won at Gwinnett State Court

Description: State appealed ruling that said that the methods for testing on an intoxilizer should be followed... more

State v. Palmaka

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: I won at the trial level, the state appealed

Description: I argued that although the procedures for testing on an intoxilizer were not part of the "methods... more

State v. Palmaka

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: I won first, State won second

Description: I argued that the operator of an intoxilizer machine should be obligaterd to follow his training in... more

State v. Underwood

Practice Area: DUI / DWI

Outcome: Court of Appeals upheld our position

Description: We argued that iimplied consent does not arise until the driver is arrested. We were upheld. The... more