First DUI offense
According to the State of Georgia, it is listed within the code 40-6-391 (2010) that the first offense under DUI will keep the offender in jail for a minimum of 24 hours if their Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC), when tested, is at least 0.08 percent (for drivers who are at least 21 years of age). In addition to this penalty, the offender will be put on probation, fined heavily at least $300 by the court, required to complete at least 40 hours of community service, referred to a mandatory DUI class, and their driver’s license withdrawn for up to a year. These penalties depend on how well the offender’s Carrollton, Ga. DUI defense lawyer is able to help argue the case in court.
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Second and Multiple DUI offense
While a first DUI offense comes with the punishments above, a second or multiple DUI offenses come with greater and more severe punishments. Although in the State of Georgia, a second DUI offense is charged in two ways an “Impairment DUI” which is mostly called “DUI-less-safe” and the “DUI Per Se.”
If the driver has an original DUI offense under any of these two DUI charges, the charge will be seen by the judge through the “Look Back” period. The Look-back period is the period in-between the driver’s first DUI charge and the current one. This means that even if the driver already had their first DUI charge in the past, the current DUI charge may still be treated as if it were their first DUI offense. The Look-Back period is up to 10 years – for criminal penalties.
The penalties under a first DUI offense are more lenient compared to a second DUI offense as the penalties under a second DUI offense are more lenient to a third or multiple DUI offense. This means that the more DUI offenses, the more severe the penalties will be. For instance, while a first DUI offense gets the driver up to a $300 fine, at least 24 hours in jail, driver’s license withdrawal of up to a year, at least 40 hours of community services, and a mandatory DUI class attendance, a second DUI offense gets the driver at least 3 days of jail time, at least a fine of $600, driver’s license withdrawal of up to 3 years, at least 30 days of community services and other severe penalties.
How a Carrollton, Ga. DUI defense lawyer may be able to help you
These days, reading and searching the internet regarding DUI laws and penalties is not enough as the law in Georgia keeps changing- yearly. New rules set in every day as complicated cases arise. It’s in the offender’s best interest to contact an experienced Carrollton, Ga. Criminal defense lawyer to know the updates on what their options are.
DUI Attorney Tyler Moffitt of Moffitt LLC is an experienced Carrollton, Ga. DUI defense lawyer that knows the prosecutors, judges, the paperwork involved, and the current laws regarding DUI cases in Carrollton, Georgia. With serious dedication, he steers through the process to find the best possible result. By specializing in this area of criminal law, he has the best DUI defense approach to protect your driving privileges and other rights. In short, this is why he has been successful in many DUI defense cases throughout Carrollton, Georgia.
Some of the Most Common DUI Defense approaches
The internet is crawling with information regarding DUI defense but they cannot really help you unless you discuss the details of the charge with an experienced Carrollton, Ga. DUI defense lawyer. Due to this, you need the services of Tyler Moffitt. He will ensure he thoroughly investigates the DUI charge based on the following approaches. As such, this includes investigations on these and more:
- “Did the DUI officer that stopped you act under a legal reason?”
- “Were you stopped because of your race or the stop was a planned one?”
- “Did the officer search your vehicle? Did the DUI officer tell you the search reason?”
- “Were you stopped at a roadblock? Were you checked for lawful reasons such as a driver’s license check? Did a police supervisor approve the roadblock? Were you processed legally, and so on?”
- “Did you have your Miranda rights read to you before you were questioned?”
- “Was a breath test carried out and does the testing officer have the capacity to carry out the test?”
- “If a blood or urine sample was taken, did they protect the sample properly? Could they alter or replace it?”
- “Did the result of the blood or urine test show that you are on a drug prescription?”
- “Is the DUI officer maintaining a disciplinary record?”
- “If there was an accident, did you have an impairment due to the stress or injury sustained from the accident?”
- “Could you have been in a state of trauma after the accident?”
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Contact a Carrollton, Ga. DUI defense attorney today
Contact Tyler Moffitt today to discuss any issue under a DUI defense charge. He is available to take your case. To schedule a consultation, call him at 762-212-3846.
