Criminal Defense Attorneys file Motions to Eliminate Harmful Evidence at Trial.
Motions filed by our skilled Georgia DUI defense attorneys create opportunities to exclude (eliminate) key parts of the prosecutor’s evidence against you. For example, these written motions filed by our experienced trial lawyers may seek the issuance of a court order prohibiting the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test from being introduced against you at trial. Other targeted motions that our trial attorneys routinely file with the courts in Georgia will seek to limit your arresting officer from testifying about certain sobriety tests (e.g., roadside agility exercises) or seek to suppress improper statements or disclosures (or some things that are said or done on a video recording) made by the arresting officer during the GA traffic stop and arrest process.
December 23, 2008
Fighting Georgia DUI Breath Test Results
December 13, 2008
DUI and Traffic Reductions
DUI and Traffic Reductions are More Common for Lawyers who Aggressively Challenge the Case.
Obtaining a reduction of charges in Georgia from a serious driving offense [such as, DUI, hit and run, racing, attempting to elude an officer, aggressive driving] to another GA traffic offense that carries less punishment or results in fewer negative consequences (e.g., that your license will not be suspended, as it would for a DUI) will always be more common for attorneys who are well known for vigorously defending their clients by way of demanding and pursuing trials. Aggressive defense of clients facing criminal charges in GA such as DUI-alcohol, DUI-drugs or DUI-refusal typically involves the criminal defense lawyer filing pre-trial motions (requests for the trial judge to exclude certain evidence prior to the jury hearing the case), discovery requests, speedy trial demands (where appropriate), and forcing disclosure of breath test evidence cards, calibration reports or blood test computer print-outs and retention time.
December 5, 2008
Winning Georgia DUI Cases
Prosecutors Respect Relentless Lawyers who Seek a Reduction of Charges. Criminal defense/DUI attorneys in Georgia (and other states) measure “effectiveness” by certain objective standards. Courtroom victories are an important yardstick of a trial lawyer’s success because prosecutors and trial judges pay attention to which GA attorneys regularly achieve case dismissals or acquittals of criminal charges at trial. Even when the jury does not acquit on all charges, a good battle by a well-prepared defense attorney will “signal” the prosecution that this is an advocate who won’t quit working for his or her clients, and who will push a case all the way to the end of a 2 or 3 day jury trial to try to achieve victory for his or her clients.
Prosecutors Spread the Word about Which Attorneys Fight to the Bitter End.
Criminal defense lawyers who do not hesitate to demand trial for his or her clients earn the respect and the “caution” of the opposing prosecuting attorney. In Georgia, you have a right to jury trial in EVERY traffic offense case, from speeding to DUI. These GA prosecutors talk to others in their offices about the skills of such zealous advocates. Broadening that “word-of-mouth” reputation for skillful fighting, Georgia prosecutors all attend an annual summer seminar hosted by a State agency that oversees prosecutor training, and the word about the best trial attorneys spreads to many more prosecutors at these meetings. Our attorneys’ trials, appeals and innovative attacks on the State’s evidence and witnesses have been specifically mentioned in dozens of these training programs. Due to this reputation for relentless pursuit of acquittals, in hundreds of cases, our attorneys have secured reductions or dismissal of charges at the beginning stages of the trial, long before a jury has had to decide guilt or innocence.
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