Georgia DUI Law

<H2> State of Georgia v. Jerome "Jerry" Cox

<h2> Marietta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI. </h2> Jerome "Jerry" Cox, age 68, was charged with driving while intoxicated and hitting and killing 17-year-old Harrison High School honor student Olivia Pugh who was walking to her care in December 2023 along Ben King Road. ... More...

$0 (12-07-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Deon Brown, et al.

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal possession of firearms. At least 20 defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal charges including illegal possession of firearms. The cases were investigated as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods in collaboration with federal, st... More...

$0 (05-10-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Erickson Meko Campbell

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gamd.uscourts.gov/sites/gamd/files/welcome-image.jpg"> </center> This appeal presents important questions about the proper confines of a traffic stop. First, whether a highway patrolman had reasonable suspicion to stop a motorist for a rapidly blinking turn signal. Second, if there was reasonable suspicion, whether the seizure became u... More...

$0 (01-08-2019 - GA)

Debra Thornton v. Jesus Herrera

Debra Thornton, age 57, sued Jesus Herrera on an auto negligence theory claiming that she sustained debilitating ankle injuries as a result of an car wreck caused by Herrera who was drinking while drunk on January 31, 2007. Herrera ran into the back of another car propelling it into the path of Thornton's car, which was traveling in the opposite direction. Herrera pleaded guilty to DUI, ser... More...

$166000 (10-24-2009 - GA)

Richard Kjellsen v. Terry Mills, William H. Wall, et al.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of qualified immunity to Defendants-Appellants, crime lab officials and employees, in connection with the testing of Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Kjellsen's ("Kjellsen") blood samples to determine his blood alcohol level. After review and oral argument, we conclude that the facts alleged by Kjellsen, viewed in the light most favor... More...

$0 (02-21-2008 - GA)

Family and Estate of Vince Gurrid v. DeKalb County, Georgia

The Family and Estate of Vince Currid, age 22, sued DeKalb County on a governmental tort claim for Mr. Currid's wrongful death on October 22, 1999 when he fell from the back of a county truck while performing community service after being placed on probation on a DUI charge. Currid was assigned to work on a garbage truck for 40 hours. He was given no training and was not given boots or ... More...

$5100000 (08-23-2006 - GA)

<a href="http://www2.state.ga.us/Courts/Supreme/index.html" target="_new">Erickson et al. v. Hodges</a>

Paul and Brenda Erickson appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment in this personal injury action premised on the Dram Shop Act, OCGA 51-1-40. They contend that they are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because there is no evidence that they knowingly furnished alcoholic beverages to Brian Hammock while he was in a state of noticeable intoxication, and there was no evidence ... More...

$0 (08-22-2002 - GA)

<a href="http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/apr2002/01-13151.opn.html" target="_new">Brian L. Grech v. Clayton County, Georgia</a>

In this § 1983 action, Appellant-Plaintiff Brian L. Grech ("Grech") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant Clayton County, Georgia ("Clayton County"). Grech's complaint asserts that he was falsely arrested in 1998 on an expired bench warrant from 1985 and that his false arrest was caused by the Clayton County Sheriff's Department's custom and policy of permitting ... More...

$0 (04-23-2002 - GA)