In Cobb County: DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving
Date: 02/09/2022
Contact: Attorney Richard Blevins
Legal Type: DUI-alcohol
Phone: (678) 354-2290
Email: richard@cobbcountylaw.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Client was stopped for failing to maintain his lane by a police officer in Cobb County. The officer smelled alcohol emitting from the client. The client had to do several field sobriety tests, including the horizontal gaze nystagmus test (HGN); the walk and turn test and the one leg stand test. The officer indicated that the client had:
- 6 of 6 clues on the HGN test
- 5 of 8 clues on the walk and turn test and
- 1 of 4 clues on the one leg stand test.
The client was then arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Attorney Blevins was able to review the case and and point out issues with the administration of the field sobriety tests to the State. Attorney Blevins was able to get the DUI reduced to a reckless driving.
CLIENT REACTION
Client was very happy.
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About Attorney Richard Blevins
Attorney Richard Blevins is a former Cobb County Assistant District Attorney and Assistant Solicitor General. He is a part-time criminal justice instructor at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta, Georgia.
He graduated third in his class at the DeKalb County Police Academy and achieved an intermediate certification from Georgia’s Peace Officer Standards & Training Council.
Attorney Richard Blevins was a former Detective with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, a former Police Officer with the Milledgeville Police Department and the DeKalb County Police Department.
He also is veteran of the United States Army where he was a soldier in the Military Police Corps stationed overseas. Read more.
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