Duluth, GA
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Duluth, GA
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Administrative Law ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Pyrrhic Victory for the State
Our client's first lifetime DUI conviction was affirmed in what is considered to be a pyrrhic victory for the State (a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount ... to defeat). The decision in Olevik overturned an entire line of case law that established what is commonly referred to as "Georgia's DUI exception to the Constitution."
OUTCOME: DUI Dismissed
Client arrested for Speeding and DUI. The officer claimed she refused to do a breath test, scored 6/6 on HGN, 4/8 on the Walk-and-turn, and 2/4 on the One-leg-stand. Half-way through Lance's cross-exam ... ination of the arresting officer, the prosecutor agreed to dismiss the DUI and our client pled "nolo" to speeding with a $125 fine. 2017D-03207
OUTCOME: DUI and Speeding merged into Reckless
Speeding, DUI, and obstruction arrest with video. The DUI and speeding was merged into a reckless driving, but there was no defense to the misdemeanor obstruction. 2016D-07084.
OUTCOME: DUI Per Se (Unlawful Alcohol Concentration) Reduced
DUI per se and failure to maintain lane reduced to reckless driving. Case number and identification withheld by request.
OUTCOME: DUI .101 Reduced to Nolo Reckless Driving
DUI .101 and speeding. DUI was reduced to nolo to reckless because we were able to show that the officer failed to correctly perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Evaluations (SFSE), and the breath t ... est would be suppressed based on the officer's failure to accommodate the driver's valid request for an independent blood test.
OUTCOME: DUI Combo Reduced to Nolo Reckless
DUI Combo (alcohol and drugs-blood test) and failure to maintain lane reduced to Nolo to Reckless Driving. 16-CR-001259
OUTCOME: DUI Per Se (Unlawful Alcohol Concentration) Dismissed
DUI per se and speeding dismissed after appeal to Georgia Court of Appeals and Petition of Certiorari to Georgia Supreme Court. 14C076388
OUTCOME: DUI Per Se (Unlawful Alcohol Concentration) Reduced
DUI Per Se and running a stop sign reduced to reckless driving. 2015D-03687
OUTCOME: DUI Reduced to Reckless
DUI less safe (2/L) and following too close. DUI was reduced to reckless driving on day of trial. 2016D-01971
OUTCOME: State's petition for certiorari denied
The State's petition for certiorari seeking to overturn Wright v. State, 338 Ga.App. 216, was denied (and client's DUI conviction remains vacated). A16A0240
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