Client was stopped for Speeding (53 mph in a 35 mph zone) and Laying Drags. Client agreed to perform field sobriety evaluations and looked great on video. Client’s speech was not slurred. After being arrested for DUI, the Trooper read the Georgia Implied Consent Notice and client refused the breath test. Mr. Sullivan was able to negotiate reduced charges in Atlanta Municipal Court where client avoided an Atlanta DUI conviction and also avoided a 12 month license suspension.
Tagged: Georgia State Patrol
Brookhaven DUI reduced: .099, Independent test .107
Client was stopped for speeding. Trooper smelled odor of alcohol coming from client. Client performed field sobriety evaluations and looked good. Trooper arrested client anyway and client agreed to take the state breath test (0.099). The legal limit is 0.08. Client elected to have an independent test and the results were higher: .107. Mr. Sullivan was able to convince the prosecutor that some of the conversion formulas used to equate a hospital test to a GBI test brought the independent test below .08. The prosecutor decided to reduce the Brookhaven DUI charge to Reckless Driving and a negotiated plea was entered in Brookhaven Municipal Court.