Source: https://savannahduilawyer.com/tag/blood-test/
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 12:16:01
Document Index: 433731532

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 40', '§ 40', '§ 40', '§ 40', '§ 40', '§ 40']

Blood Test ⋆ Cerbone DUI Defense
She was driving a Jeep Wrangler on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Savannah, Georgia and was pulled over by the Georgia State Patrol. She didn’t know why. The police officer later wrote in his report that she failed to maintain her lane by traveling over the center line twice with her left side tires. The officer got her out of the Jeep. He said he noticed a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from her breath and person. The cop asked her how much she drank, and she told him two drinks. The officer asked her to do field sobriety tests. She did them. She was arrested. She agreed to take the blood test. She took it and later got her results and she was under the limit. But they found drugs in her blood from the test.
In the State Court of Chatham County Georgia, they charged her with O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391(a)(4) DUI less safe (alcohol and drugs); O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391(a)(2) DUI less safe (drugs); O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391(a)(1) DUI less safe (alcohol); O.C.G.A. § 40-6-48 Failure to maintain lane; and O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391(a)(5) Driving with unlawful blood alcohol level. After saving her driver’s license we focused on her criminal case. About a year later we negotiated a good deal with the District Attorney’s Office and she plead guilty to Failure to maintain lane, and Reckless Driving.
Judgment: DUI charges changed to reckless driving for actress
A Deputy for the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office was told to be on the lookout (BOLO) for a gray van who is a possible drunk driver (my client). The deputy got behind a grey minivan just north of McCall Road South on Highway 21 South. The Deputy wrote in his report that the van crossed a lane and then he pulled the van over. My client stopped at the deputy’s direction.
The Deputy wrote in his police report that at the window my client was difficult to understand. She said she had two beers that night, and she was also taking a prescribed medication. The Deputy asked my client to come outside and do some field sobriety tests. My client did as instructed. They did the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, the Walk and Turn, and the One Leg Stand on my client. She failed these exercises with flying colors according to the police officer’s report. They asked her to take a blood test and she consented. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office arrested my client and charged her with DUI, DUI less safe, and Improper Display of License Plates.
In the State Court of Effingham County my client got a great plea. She plead guilty to Driver to use due care O.C.G.A. § 40-6-241. The charges for DUI, DUI less safe, and Improper Display of License Plates were dismissed by the Solicitor General.
Judgment: Effingham DUI blood test down to Driver to use due care
Amy was afraid. If she were to be convicted of DUI, she could have been discharged from the U.S. Army. She could have lost her security clearance, and she could have lost her high ranking position. So, she gave me something to fight for. And along the way came the opportunity to take reckless driving instead of DUI. She took it.
Amy was arrested by the Pooler Police Department and charged with DUI/alcohol 40-6-391(a)(5), DUI less safe 40-6-391(a)(1) and Speeding 40-6-181. In the Municipal Court of Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia, I helped her get rid of the DUI. She plead guilty to reckless driving and speeding. The DUI was dismissed.
She’d never been in any real trouble before. Just a couple of speeding tickets. And on this night she was driving home. The video that I finally got from the police officer proved she was pulled over for speeding (86 m.p.h. in a 65 m.p.h. zone). She didn’t swerve or do any other thing wrong. She got her license out and waited on the police officer to come. He came. “You been drinking,” he asked. “No,” she said. He told her to get out of her car and asked her to do a preliminary breath test on the side of the road. (This should always be given last, after the three standardized field sobriety tests: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk and Turn, and One leg stand.) The police officer deviated from his training and didn’t do any of the three field sobriety tests. Not a one.
Amy cooperated with the cop and took the preliminary breath test. The police officer wrote in his report that the preliminary breath test showed the presence of alcohol at .175. So he arrested her. Amy got to the station and tried to take a breath test but the police officer said that she gave an insufficient sample (.139). Amy requested to have a blood test. So they drew her blood and she went home. She called me. She hired me. I worked. First, I got her license suspension case dismissed so she was able to keep driving. Then at the Preliminary Hearing in the Municipal Court of Pooler the police officer and the judge agreed to allow her to plead the DUI down to reckless driving. So the DUI is gone. Amy wins. Case closed.
Judgment: DUI blood test dismissed in Chatham County