James “Skip” Sullivan defended his client in a Cherokee County DUI case through a jury trial. Our client was found Not Guilty of all charges by a Cherokee County jury. A Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputy was parked at the entrance of an elementary school in Cherokee County monitoring traffic at an intersection. Our client approached the intersection and made a wide right turn – crossing the double yellow line. She also failed to maintain her lane a few times. A traffic stop was conducted by the Cherokee County DUI officer and a DUI investigation began. Our client admitted to drinking alcohol and even admitted to not being safe to drive. She was also in a state of emotional distress and did not perform well on field sobriety evaluations. She was arrested and agreed to a breath test, but changed her mind when she got to the jail. The deputy obtained a search warrant for blood and two emergency medical technicians drew her blood at the jail. When the blood samples arrived at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Division of Forensic Sciences, there was an insufficient amount of blood to test. Mr. Sullivan took the case to a jury trial for his client and obtained a not guilty verdict on all charges – including the wide right turn and failure to maintain lane charges (that were on the video).
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