Under a State of Georgia Bar Policy Statement, any applicant who wants to sit for the Georgia Bar Exam is ineligiblefor fitness certification (meaning you can’t take the bar) during the 12 month sentence mandated by Georgia law. You are precluded from sitting for the Bar even if the DUI case was reduced to reckless driving for 6 months from the date of conviction. In its policy, the State Bar says “In the case of an applicant who was charged with DUI but for whom the charges were reduced, resulting in a reckless driving plea, failure to maintain lane or other lesser offenses, the Bar is concerned about disregard for the law as well as possible patterns of problems relating to alcohol abuse.” HUH??? So a person charged with DUI, who perhaps registered below a .08, whose case is reduced because the prosecutor (who knows more about the case?), somehow disregards the law? (more…)

A 20-year old woman, who is awaiting trial for reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges after a collision that killed a motorcyclist, was stupid enough to post drunk pictures on her Facebook page landing her back in an Illinois courtroom this week.

As a condition of her bail, the defendant had been ordered not to consume alcohol or be around people who are drinking. Of course, she isn’t even old enough to drink legally. So doing so would be criminal with or without the bail violation.

In Georgia, every moving traffic violation carries with it a certain number of “points.” These points range from 0 to 6. A guilty plea, guilty verdict, or simply a payment of a fine without a plea can result in points being assessed against your driving record. (more…)