GA Criminal Defense lawyers

DUI law is markedly different from many other areas of law. Some even say that there is a DUI exception to the Constitution. Most of the time, a police officer must have probable cause” before pulling you over. In layman’s terms, the probable cause requirement means that an officer must have some concrete reason to believe that a person is breaking the law. While this is always true if a single officer pulls you over on the road, consider the fact that, with sobriety checkpoints, a police officer needs nothing more than for you to drive through it.

If you are stopped for DUI, the police officer will ask you if to take field sobriety tests to obtain additional evidence as to whether he has probable cause to believe you are operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Field sobriety tests are generally conducted late at night, possibly cold, along a graveled or sloped roadside, cars passing a few feet away with bright headlights and buffeting the suspect with wind waves, the officer's moving flashlight and his patrol car's blinding headlights providing the lighting. These conditions make it highly possible for the driver to fail the test. The driver is nervous, possibly frightened and completely unfamiliar with the tests.

Our Savannah GA (Georgia) DUI and Criminal Defense lawyers help clients charged with DUI in Savannah GA (Georgia), Richmond Hill, Coastal Empire, Hinesville, Port Wentworth, Pooler, Garden City, Tybee Island, Bloomingdale, Isle of Hope, Pembroke, Darien, Augusta, Brunswick, Statesboro, Rincon, Springfield, Lyons Vidalia, Claxton, Metter, Swainsboro, Baxley, Jesup, McCrae, Valdosta, Waynesboro, Wrightsville, Chatham County, Bryan County, Glynn County, McIntosh County, Liberty County, Long County, Evans County, Bulloch County, Effingham County and Toombs County, and in Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield.

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