MICHAEL R. TABARROK, J.D.

A FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY PUTTING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND TRIAL EXPERIENCE TO WORK FOR YOU

RECENT ACTUAL DUI CASES AND RESULTS 

Driver is leaving a bar.  A person calls the police on her.  The police watch driver walk to driver's car and decides, based on his observations, that driver is drunk.  Police activates bluelights and stops the car.  Driver is told to park the car.  Driver presses the gas to park the car, but driver's car is still in reverse causing the driver to HIT THE POLICE CAR.  10-15 officers respond and witness how the driver appears.  Driver takes and fails field sobriety tests.  Driver takes the breath test and blows a .119, well over the legal limit.

DUI COURT RESULT---DUI NOT GUILTY (reduced to Reckless Driving)

Driver drives on wrong side of road on Bull St. from Victory Drive to DeRenne Ave.  This is witnessed by an undercover officer.  Driver is stopped by a marked unit.  Driver is arrested and blows a .159 and a .162 on the breath test machine. (Twice the legal limit of .08)

DUI TRIAL RESULT---DUI NOT GUILTY 

Driver, who is under the age of 21 is stopped for weaving.  Since the Driver was not 21 years old, the State Legal Limit is only .02.  Driver blows a .024 and a .023 on the breath test machine.

DUI COURT RESULT---DUI NOT GUILTY (reduced toReckless Driving)

Driver, who was returning from drinking all night long in downtown Savannah, almost strikes a police car.  Officer follows him and pulls him over.   Driver had a previous DUI conviction within the last 3 years (before Michael R. Tabarrok became his attorney).  Driver refuses to perform field sobriety tests and refuses the breath test.  The arrest is videotaped and there are 2 officers as witnesses. 

COURT RESULT ON THIS SECOND DUI WITHIN 5 YEARS---DUI NOT GUILTY (reduced to Nolo Contendre plea to Reckless Driving) AND avoids going into DUI Court Program AND keeps his license

Driver, who had been drinking while boating all day, pulls out right in front of a police car.  The officer pulls him over.  The driver fails all of the field sobriety tests (which are witnessed by a second officer) and blows a .117 and a .112 on the Intox machine.  This is his second DUI within 5 years (the first conviction happened before Michael R. Tabarrok became his attorney).

COURT RESULT ON THIS SECOND DUI WITHIN 5 YEARS---DUI NOT GUILTY ADJUDICATION  AND avoids going into DUI Court Program AND keeps his license
 

Driver, who had been drinking and partying all day, goes 81 in a 45 mph speed zone right in front of a police car.  The officer pulls him over.  The driver fails all of the field sobriety tests (which are witnessed by a second officer) and blows a .154 and a .155 on the Intox machine.  This is his second DUI, but the 1st in 5 years (the first conviction happened before Michael R. Tabarrok became his attorney).

As you can see, Michael R. Tabarrok knows how to fight the efforts of the police and the District Attorney.  While he cannot guarantee that you also will be found on the charge of DUI NOT GUILTY, and he cannot guarantee any particular result, he can guarantee that he will work as hard as he can on your case to best represent you and your interests.

Michael R. Tabarrok knows the tricks of the trade that the police use against you.  From the police trying to gain a confession out of you at the side of the road all the way through the specific words that officers use in court when they testify, the police have their tricks of the trade.  

Michael R. Tabarrok knows the tricks of the trade that the District Attorney uses in court against you.  Whether a DUI, a misdemeanor, or a major felony offense, the District Attorney uses many different trial techniques and tricks of the trade to try to convict you.

Michael R. Tabarrok knows all of these tricks of the trade because he learned them as an Assistant District Attorney from 1999 through June of 2006.

Michael R. Tabarrok knows how to win at jury trials because he won 94.8% of his 77 jury trials as an Assistant District Attorney from 1999 through June of 2006.

Now, Michael Tabarrok protects your rights as your defense attorney in the Coastal Georgia area.   He handles cases all over the State of Georgia, but concentrates his criminal cases in Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Liberty, Long, MacIntosh, Screven, and Wayne Counties.  These include the cities of Savannah, Garden City, Pooler, Thunderbolt, Tybee Island, Brunswick, Richmond Hill, and Statesboro.

He puts all of the jury trial experience and the bench trials, motions, and probation revocation experience to work for you.  Michael R. Tabarrok has handled over 5000 total criminal prosecutions and dealt with defense attorneys from all over the State.  He has seen it all in court and heard it all in court.

MICHAEL R. TABARROK, J.D.

A FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY PUTTING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND TRIAL EXPERIENCE TO WORK FOR YOU