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Madison County
Law enforcement in Madison County actively pursue DUI, drug, and domestic violence charges. Madison County seems to grow every year, and there is a lot of traffic moving throughout Madison County, which means lots of traffic stops that can escalate in to DUI investigations or vehicle searches leading to drug charges. With the state aggressively prosecuting DUI charges, drug charges and domestic violence offenses, more people need information about Madison County criminal penalties, processes, and criminal defenses.
Most Madison County DUI charges start in either the Madison County Probate Court located in Danielsville or the municipal courts in Comer, Colbert, or Danielsville. DUI cases that start in the Madison County Probate Court or municipal courts in Comer, Colbert, or Danielsville can be transferred to the Madison County Superior Court if a jury trial is requested. The exception to DUI cases, whether DUI alcohol, DUI drugs, or DUI prescription medications, being handled in the Probate Court of Madison County or the city courts of Comer, Colbert or Danielsville is for felony DUI cases, a DUI case involving a separate felony offense, like drug possession, or a DUI case in which an individual has requested a trial by jury. DUI cases in the Madison County Superior Court are prosecuted by the Madison County District Attorney.
The Madison County Superior Court also is the exclusive court in Madison County that handles non-traffic misdemeanor cases and felony offenses. Felony offenses include drug cases such as drug possession, drug possession with intent to distribute, drug trafficking, and felony domestic violence offenses such as aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and aggravated stalking. Non-traffic misdemeanor cases that are handled in the Madison County Superior Court include misdemeanor domestic violence offenses such as battery, simple battery, simple assault, and criminal trespass, and misdemeanor drug offenses such as possession of drug related objects and possession of prescription medications not in the original container.
Madison County shares a District Attorney with Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, and Franklin counties. Jason is familiar with the assistant District Attorneys that handle the prosecution of most cases in the Superior Court of Madison County located in Danielsville, that familiarity with the prosecutors assists him in effectively representing his clients in Madison County. The DA and Superior Court judges are part of the Northern Judicial Circuit of Georgia. This circuit covers Madison, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, and Franklin counties. Individuals need an attorney who knows the area and people involved in order to best know how to handle their criminal case. Jason Slider has experience handling DUI charges, drug cases, and domestic violence cases in Madison County, and is familiar with the courts and the local prosecutors.
If you are facing a criminal charge in Madison County, and have to appear in court in Danielsville, Comer or Colbert, call us today at (706) 208-1514 to discuss your criminal defense.
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