Harris County GA Homidice criminal law lawyer Homidice in Columbus
Georgia Homicide is a legal term for the unlawful killing of
another human being. Homicide is not an easy thing to understand
since many several categories of homicide exist. Murder is the most
serious kind of homicide. Murder is the unlawful killing of another
human being without excuse. If the victim lives longer than one
year and one day after the initial attack, many states prohibit the
charge of murder being brought. The reason being that if someone
lives that long after the attack it was most likely not the...
Date Published: Jan 02, 2010 - 10:00 pm
Harris County GA drunk driving criminal law law firm Dealing with a
DUI charge in Muscogee County Georgia When individuals are arrested
for DUI, one of the first things they want to know is how to get
out of a driving under the influence conviction. Theres no easy
answer to that question because driving under the influence is a
criminal offense. If youre arrested and charged with drunk driving,
youre going to have to go through a criminal trial and also
administrative hearings concerning your driving privileges if youre
not able to make a plea bargain. Trying to handle all...
Date Published: Jan 01, 2010 - 10:00 pm
Muscogee County GA field sobriety defense law firm Field Sobriety
Tests in Chattahoochee County GA Throughout the nation, the most
common offense indicted in a year, by far, is DUI or drunk driving.
Driving while intoxicated is not a minor matter. A person can
receive anything from a warning to jail term. DUI may start as a
misdemeanor and escalate into a felonious crime by degree;
although, no matter what degree of culpability you face, DUI will
turn your world upside-down. However a driving under the influence
charge must be proved in a court of law. If a police officer...
Date Published: Dec 31, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Chattahoochee County Georgia DUI and field sobriety defense law
firm Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus and drunk driving in Columbus
Georgia Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) is an eye test. Nystagmus
is means an involuntary jerking of the eyes as the eyes move from
the center position off to the side. In order to obtain an accurate
result, HGN should be administered properly. In order to remove the
possibility that HGN has been caused by a medical condition, the
eyes of the person should be observed in a resting position. The
officer must be facing the person, with both officer and subject
standing....
Date Published: Dec 30, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Chattahoochee County Georgia misdemeanors criminal law attorney
Misdemeanors in Chattahoochee County GA While misdemeanor charges
are generally considered as being less serious criminal charges,
the results for being convicted of this offense may be significant.
Persons who are convicted of committing misdemeanors are often
sentenced to jail less than one year and asked to pay large fines.
Having a misdemeanor on your record will not be as bad as having a
felony on your record, however the record can still hinder you in
the future and you will require an attorney to help lower the
chances of this happening. Individuals...
Date Published: Dec 29, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Columbus GA serious felony criminal lawyers Felonies in Muscogee
County Georgia Felonies are at the top of the charts as far as
criminal sentences are concerned. In Georgia, a felony charge has
the harshest sentences and is considered a more serious criminal
offence than misdemeanors or infractions. If compared with a
misdemeanor or an infraction conviction, a felony is far worse.
Youll face a minimum of a year in prison and depending on your
sentence, you can face several years in jail. If you are convicted
of a misdemeanor, youll get at least five days in prison and a
maximum...
Date Published: Dec 28, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Chattahoochee County Georgia violent crime criminal defense lawyer
Money for battery victims in Columbus Georgia When there is
palpable harm whether physical, emotional, or monetary all elements
of a battery are present, an aggrieved person may file charges.
Usually in criminal law, the state files the for battery, while the
victim is a witness for the state. In criminal proceedings, the
focus is on the guilt or innocence of the defendant and typically,
no damages are awarded to the victim. but, when the harm is very
severe he or she may qualify for help through a “victims
compensation fund.” A...
Date Published: Dec 27, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Muscogee County Georgia battery criminal defense attorney
Non-consensual Physical Contact in Harris County GA Non-consensual
contact may be made with either a person or that persons extended
personality. This means that if one person leans forward and yanks
the watch off another, a battery is committed, although the first
person never actually touched the hand of the latter. When this act
was preceded with an intent to cause the latter to fear an
impending violent yank of the watch, both an assault and a battery
have been committed. If the suspect only intended an assault
causing the other to fear...
Date Published: Dec 26, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Columbus GA battery defense lawyers Criminal Battery and Intent in
Muscogee County Georgia Battery is a general intent crime. This
means that the accused need not intend the specific harm that will
result from the unwanted contact, but only to commit an act of
unwarranted contact. This also means that gross negligence and even
recklessness can provide the necessary intent to establish a
battery. The doctrine of transferred intent will also apply. If a
person intends to strike another, but the other moves out of the
way to avoid being hit, causing the blow to strike a third person,
both...
Date Published: Dec 25, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Columbus Georgia assault criminal defense lawyers Battery in
Columbus GA Mere criminal battery is usually prosecuted as a
misdemeanor. Repeat crimes or the specific nature of the crime may
warrant more severe penalties. For example, in certain states, a
second or third crime against the same individual is a felony. In
cases of domestic violence, many states disallow battery charges to
be dropped against the defendant, even at the request of the
victim, due to the potential for repeat or increased harm. Most
sexual offences include elements of battery because they are
essentially non-consensual contacts, and few states actually
have...
Date Published: Dec 24, 2009 - 10:00 pm