Fall 2011: prescription drug DUI

Case details:   Driver was weaving due to overdose of prescription drugs, incoherent, sobbing; failed all roadside tests. Case dismissed. No jail. No license suspension.

Lawyer: David Clark

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Fall 2011: DUI Dismissed

Case details:   Driver was arrested for smelling of marijuana at DUI roadblock, marijuana found in center console. DUI dismissed, no jail, no license suspension

Lawyer: David Clark

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Summer 2011: Out-of-stater gets minimum not max

Case details:  This was a high BAC case with an out-of-state license that began in a Municipal Court (to remain unnamed). The municipal court wanted the maximum fine of $1,000, 80 hours of community service plus probation and 10 days in jail. We sent the case to State Court and while we had to resolve with a DUI conviction, the judge imposed the mandatory minimum sentence: $300, 1 day in jail, 40 hours of community service, DUI School and alcohol evaluation. This was not in Gwinnett County, but another metro-area court.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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Summer 2011: Completed sentence before we went to court

Case details:  High BAC case, resolved as best as possible. My client completed all components of the sentence before we even went to court, and had non-reporting probation from day 1.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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Summer 2011: Case Dismissed

Case details: This was a marijuana case with a questionable search. My client's father told the police they absolutely could NOT search the house. Police separated out my client (who was over 21) to convince him to let them search the in-law suite where he lived. The police cannot do that. We held our feet to the fire, and when it came down to it, the prosecutor couldn't get the evidence before the judge: case dismissed.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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Summer 2011: No license suspension

Case details: Started out as a felony arrest and a DUI, ultimately resolved as two non-driving misdemeanors. No license suspension ever.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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April 2011: Underage DUI reduced to Reckless Driving.

Case details: Suwanee PD arrest for DUI, underage possession of alcohol, wrong class of license and no headlights in October 2010. Arresting officer agreed to withdraw administrative suspension, client entered plea to Reckless Driving and no headlights April 2011. While client will have no license for six months, client may honestly say no conviction for drug/alcohol-related offense on job applications.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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April 2011: Hit & run reduced to Failure to Report Accident. Plead guilty to DUI with work permit.

Case details: This cliet had two serious traffic isues in one month; first a Hall County Hit & Run then a Gwinnett County DUI. Client was forced to report self as the driver in Hall County situation due to domestic situation, but it was resolved with plea to Failure to Report Accident, which is a non-suspendible charge March 2011. Client pled guilty to DUI April 2011, but was able to obtain work permit during suspension period.

Lawyer: Jesscia Towne

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April 2011:  reduced to reckless driving. No jail, no license suspension, no probation.

Case details: Duluth PD arrest, DUI, failure to maintain lane (weaving) in November 2010. Driver refused fields and implied consent. Arresting officer agreed to withdraw “hard” suspension, and client entered plea to Reckless Driving.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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April 2011: DUI amended to Reckless Driving, all other charges dismissed. No jail, no license suspension.

Case details: Lawrenceville PD arrest for DUI + 2 counts of child endangerment in September 2009. Upon conviction of all three counts, client would have been declared “habitual violator” even though this was driver’s first DUI arrest.  Driver would have no license for 5 years, and only a provisional license after 2 years. Reason for stop: expired tag, not bad driving. Video with field tests. Blood results showed alcohol and medications.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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20 counts of home repair fraud dismissed. $250k bond

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Gwinnett Superior Court: FELONY HABITUAL DUI VIOLATOR CHARGE DISMISSED: NO JAIL TIME. Client pled 'no contest' to reduced charge of driving on suspended license. 09W-13652 October 2010

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Gwinnett State Court: DUI DRUGS DISMISSED: NO JAIL TIME, NO LICENSE SUSPENSION. Client rear-ended a police car, got out and said "I'm so ----ing high" - blood test positive for marijuana. 2010D-1056-5 October 2010

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My client arrived at the scene of his spouse's accident, just as EMTs carted the injured spouse away. My client was somewhat hysterical, and a trooper insisted on field sobriety tests. The driver complied, but was arrested for DUI. My client refused the breath test, repeatedly asking where the spouse was being taken, and asking for a status update on the spouse's injuries. No one would answer those questions. Jessica Towne resolved the case before the administrative hearing with non-DUI charge. No jail, no license suspension.

(Incidentally, the spouse incurred scrapes and bruises and was released from the hospital before this driver got booked in to the jail.)

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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Client ran through a red light at the top of an interstate ramp and rear-ended another car. The maximum sentence this client faced was 17 years. Jessica Towne's case resolved with the felony charge dismissed, and a plea to the misdemeanor DUI charge.

Lawyer: Jessica Towne

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