This blog page is presented by Georgia DUI lawyers Cory Yager, Larry Kohn, and William Head. This information is posted to provide those charged with a DUI in Georgia with an immediate overview of laws relating to criminal punishments, like jail time, as well as knowing the impact from driver’s license suspension at the Georgia…
Continue reading ›DWI hit and run cases are sometimes called after-the-fact DUI arrests. They occur when officers investigate a suspected impaired driver after the vehicle has left the scene. In Georgia, these investigations follow a different path than a standard traffic-stop DUI. Police rely on witness statements, tag numbers, surveillance footage, or vehicle registration to track down…
Continue reading ›Georgia has no criminal offense called DWI. Every impaired driving charge in this state is prosecuted as DUI under Georgia's driving under the influence statute. Other states call the same conduct "driving while intoxicated." Both phrases describe one offense with two labels. In Georgia, your citation, your accusation, and your official driver history will all…
Continue reading ›Georgia's Legal Limit for Drinking and Driving Georgia's limit for drunk driving is a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% for drivers age 21 and over. Drivers under 21 face a 0.02% threshold under Georgia's zero tolerance rule. A commercial license holder operating a commercial vehicle is held to a lower 0.04% threshold. Georgia's DUI…
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