Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Busted in Cherokee County" »
Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Cherokee County DUI Breath Tests" »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Woodstock, GA DUI - Drug Cases" »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Cherokee County DUI Cases" »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 By Richard Lawson
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 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Juvenile Offenders in Cherokee County" »
Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Cherokee County / Canton Probation Revocation Hearings" »
Posted on Mar 27, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "The Alco-sensor" »
Posted on Mar 27, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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, ...
Continue reading "Cherokee Co. Field Sobriety Tests" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Canton Arraignments" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Cherokee Co. Child Endangerment DUI" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Canton Breathalyzer Refusal" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Canton DUI Trials" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Cherokee County: Hiring a DUI Lawyer" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Charged with DUI in Holly Springs?" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Woodstock Georgia DUI Stops and Arrests" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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. ...
Continue reading "Expungements and Criminal History in Canton DUI Cases" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Attorneys fees for Cherokee County DUI prosecutions" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
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 ...
Continue reading "Plea Offers and Bargains in Canton DUI Cases" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2011 By Richard Lawson
In Cherokee County, police officers make numerous DUI arrests. A large number of those Cherokee County arrests are of drivers who are under the legal drinking age of 21. The penalties for a DUI are ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Richard Lawson
It’s no surprise that a police officer typically writes a DUI police report in a way that supports his decision to arrest you. It should also come as no surprise, then, that many police reports ...
Continue reading "Audio/Visual Evidence Can Be Crucial in Defending Your Cherokee County DUI" »
Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Richard Lawson
The warmer weather means the patios at many local restaurants have opened up and the atmosphere at most places has officially been relaxed. That’s great of course, but that means there will possibly ...
Continue reading "Warmer Weather Could Mean More DUIs in Cherokee County" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Georgia CDL truck drivers face the harshest of penalties if convicted of driving under the influence ( DUI ). Not only are there higher fines and more jail time than an average citizen. Also they ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Recent studies have concluded there is a trend of people being forced to submit to chemical testing of their blood or breath. Judges are signing warrants to take the blood of DUI Suspects who refuse ...
Continue reading "Right to Refuse in Cherokee County" »
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