What You Need to Know About Swimming Pool Injuries
Memorial Day, and the unofficial beginning of summer, is just around the corner. Summer means hot dogs, lemonade, ice cream, swimming pools, and swimming pool injuries. In 2017, only four other states had more swimming pool drownings than Georgia. These incidents are just the most newsworthy related serious pool injuries. There are others as well. […]
Georgia Lawmakers Change Breathalyzer Rules
Several months after the Supreme Court ruled that DUI arrest procedures violated the state’s constitution, the legislature changed the procedures. In February 2019, the state’s highest court ruled that, under Georgia’s self-incrimination law, refusal to take a chemical test cannot be used against a defendant at trial. So, going forward, Georgia peace officers will no […]
Alcohol-Involved Crash Kills Pregnant Woman
Authorities recently issued an arrest warrant for 30-year-old Antwan Hal Senior after an April 9 vehicle collision that killed his wife and her unborn child. At the time of the crash, Senior was southbound on Austell Road near the Kirk Drive intersection in Marietta. He drifted off the roadway, struck a curb, and over-corrected, causing […]
Near-Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Cobb County
A Powder Springs motorcycle rider is clinging to life after an intersection collision not far from his home. The wreck occurred near the intersection of James Road and the Veterans Memorial Highway. According to police and witnesses, an unnamed driver was northbound on James in a Crown Victoria. After stopping at the stop sign, he […]
Understanding Georgia Sex Offender Registration Requirements
In 1994, the U.S. Congress passed the nation’s first sex offender registration law. Lawmakers passed the Jacob Wetterling Act in response to the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of a young Minnesota boy. The crime was unspeakably horrific in the early 1990s. Subsequent acts, most notably Megan’s Law (1994) and the Adam Walsh Child Protection […]
Five Car Crash Dos and Don’ts
Serious vehicle collisions injure or kill millions of Americans every year. In a way, these matters are a lot like criminal investigations. Events in the first 48 hours after the crime or crash often dictate happenings for the remainder of the case. The stakes are high. A Marietta personal injury attorney can obtain substantial compensation […]
Winning Strategies in the Four Types of Cobb County DUI Cases
Roughly thirty years after the DUI crackdown began in Georgia and most other states, it is back to square one. The alcohol-related car crash fatality rate is almost as high today as it was in 1989. Clearly, the anti-DUI efforts have plateaued, and many jurisdictions are looking for ways to chance that dynamic. Utah recently […]
Hit and Run Accident Criminal Cases in Cobb County
In 2016, Georgia had the fourth-highest number of hit-and-run accidents in the country. Some of these drivers did not know that they hit someone or something. That’s especially common in fender-bender and pedestrian accidents. Other motorists think that no one will notice a door ding or other parking lot mishap. But most of these drivers […]
What to Expect in a Resisting Arrest Case
Resisting arrest is one of the most commonly-charged violent misdemeanors in Cobb County. It’s typically a fallback charge. Police arrest people for 16-10-24 violations when they cannot think of any other crime to charge. That approach often causes significant problems for prosecutors at trial, as outlined below. This offense is also extremely subjective. The 1991 […]
The Five Types of Driving Impairment
Most car crashes in Marietta are not unavoidable accidents. In fact, they are entirely unavoidable, in most cases. The five types of driving impairment, which are outlined below, cause about half of the vehicle collisions in Cobb County. Speeding, driver inattention, and tailgating cause most of the other ones. Impairment-related crashes usually involve either ordinary […]
