Cherokee County DUI Blog
Posted on Jun 2, 2012
Have you been arrested for DUI in Canton GA? If so it's important to find the best possible defense to your DUI Case in Canton Georgia. The best defense begins with a DUI Lawyer in Canton GA. Only ...
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Posted on May 5, 2012
No one is too tough to beat a DUI on their own. On April 29 th, 2012 professional mixed martial arts fighter Ross Pearson was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol ( DUI ). He was pulled ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2012
As always, there have been some prominent DUI arrestees in the news in the past couple of weeks. 26 year old actress, Amanda Bynes, was arrested for her first DUI charge in CA after striking a police ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2012
Cherokee County GA is a conservative community and the judges and prosecuting attorneys consider themselves tough on crime. A DUI is considered by them to be one of the most serious and potentially ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2012
Orson Charles, a former UGA football player, was arrested this weekend in Athens on drunk driving charges. Charles and a passenger in his vehicle were stopped in the roadway on South Milledge Ave. ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011
Cherokee County and City of Woodstock, GA police officers maintain task forces with officers trained in DUI detection and procedure. During the holiday season especailly, these officers are on patrol ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011
DUI prosecuting lawyers in Cherokee County are brutal on those they have charged with DUI offenses. They are generally unwilling to negotiate charges to reckless driving offenses (even when the ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011
Woodstock, GA DUI law enforcment officers take a tough stance on DUI, rarely giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. If they pull over a motorist and smell alcohol, they will likely ask the driver to ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011
Everyday in Canton, GA, Cherokee County officers make DUI arrests. Following an arrest comes formal charges - a DUI accusation - and an arraignment date. But everyone is innocent until proven guilty ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011
Ex-WWE champion wrestler Matt Hardy, age 36, was arrested recently in North Carolina for the second time in the past month on suspicion of DUI - driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011
President Barack Obama's uncle was recently arrested for driving under the influence - DUI. Onyango Obama was charged allegedly stopped by law enforcement officers after they observed his SUV make ...
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Posted on May 18, 2011
In the Canton or greater Cherokee County area, if you are charged with a traffic offense or the offense of drinking and driving ( DUI ), you will go to arraignment in the state Court of Cherokee ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011
In the city of Canton, including the state and superior courts, probation violations are one of two types. Your probation officer can give you a technical probation violation for not paying or being ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2011
Cherokee County officers love to charge people with drunk driving. After talking with the driver, the Cherokee County officers like to say that the driver had slurred speech, red or glassy eyes, or ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2011
Cherokee County officers pull over motorists every night for a variety of traffic offenses. During some of these stops, the driver will do something to make the officer suspect them of DUI (at least, ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
An arraignment is the first step in the criminal prosecution of a DUI. (Don't forget that there is a separate Department of Driver Services (DDS) license suspension that must also be dealt with.) At ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
In most instance, a first DUI offense is a misdemeanor offense. However, a first DUI offense can be a felony if there are minor children under age 14 in the vehicle. While a misdemeanor drunk driving ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
Being pulled over for DUI is overwhelming and unpleasant. If you are pulled over for DUI in Canton, the officer usually asks you a bunch of questions and requests you take field sobriety tests. The ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
In a Canton DUI case, the defendant never enter a guilty plea to the DUI charges. In every case, ranging from running a stop sign to a habitual violator DUI, you are entitled to a trial by jury. In ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
Cherokee County police officers are making an increasing number of DUI arrests. DUI convictions have serious consequences. Cherokee County DUI lawyer Richard Lawson specializes in representing ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
Anyone who has driven recently in Holly Springs (or anywhere in Cherokee County for that matter) late at night has likely seen police officers stopping drivers right and left for DUI. Every weekend ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
DUI cases in and around the Woodstock, GA area typically begin when a driver is pulled over by a Woodstock or Cherokee Co. police officer for a burnt out headlight or some other type of traffic ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
If you find yourself arrested for DUI by a Canton or Cherokee County police officer, the ticket you received from the officer charges you with DUI. This arrest stays on your Georgia diving record. ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
A DUI charge can be frustrating and stressful. Not only is there a criminal court prosecution, but there is also an administrative license suspension that needs to be dealt with in order to keep your ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2011
Every year, Canton area law enforcement officers charges thousands of people with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Mandy of those accused plead guilty to the DUI charges, despite the ...
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