Prewritten Georgia DUI Police Reports
In a Georgia driving under the influence trial, a great deal of the prosecution’s case relies on the officer’s observations and opinions about your level of intoxication in the police report; however, these reports are not always accurate. In fact, some experienced defense attorneys have found that the officer’s testimony and reports are the same for every arrest that is made. When prewritten Georgia DUI police reports are used against you, you need a skilled attorney to refute the officer’s allegations of drunk driving.For example, one officer may find state that the suspect slurs his speech, has trouble balancing, and takes an inaccurate number of steps in the walk-and-turn test—in every police report. Another officer’s reports may always state that suspects drive erratically, smell of beer, and fail the horizontal gaze nystagmus test. While this pattern of behavior would be used as evidence of guilt in a criminal case, it is simply called a coincidence in the case of a police officer.
Prewritten DUI police reports happen more often than people think; therefore, your DUI lawyer should submit a discovery motion for all of the arresting officer’s reports in the two-week period before and after your drunk-driving arrest.
The use of computers to create police reports may be responsible for the “prewritten” phenomenon. Rather than starting a report from scratch, some officers use it as a template, changing only the suspect’s identification.
The consequences of a Georgia DUI are extremely harsh, and you should take every measure necessary to avoid a drunk-driving conviction. This includes hiring a skilled lawyer who will investigate every facet of your case to ensure you are not unfairly convicted. If your lawyer finds that a prewritten police report is being used against you, he or she can file a motion to have it suppressed, thus weakening the prosecution’s case against you. Without sufficient evidence, your charges may be thrown out, or you can even win your Georgia drunk driving case.
Please contact our law firm today for information on how we can defend your case when prewritten Georgia DUI police reports are used against you.
