Lawyers for have submitted a request to a Georgia court to have her 2022 driving under the influence arrest dismissed, citing time statutes.
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Tiffany Haddish Fights to Dismiss DUI Case
Lawyers for Tiffany Haddish have submitted a request to a Georgia court to have her 2022 driving under the influence arrest dismissed, citing time statutes.Hadd...
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Haddish, 46, was arrested in the early hours of January 14, 2022, in Peachtree City, Georgia after authorities were contacted about a driver on a highway sleeping at the wheel.
The Girls Trip star was pulled over as she stopped in the yard of a home and taken into custody, Peachtree City Police said in a news release at the time.
The was taken to the Fayette County Jail and released after she posted $1,666 bond.
More than four years later, attorneys for Haddish said in a court filing reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the Like a Boss star's constitutional right to a speedy trial has been breached with delays in the case, in requesting it be scuttled.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Haddish for further comment on the story.
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Lawyers for Tiffany Haddish, 46, have submit a request to a Georgia court to have her 2022 driving under the influence arrest dismissed, citing time statutes. Pictured in LA last month
The legal team for the native said that the slow pace of the case has been 'presumptively prejudicial' by .
in Beverly Hills, California.
In that incident, police said they found her sleeping in her automobile with the engine running, which was on Beverly Drive at the time. The latter led to a charge of improper stopping on a roadway.
Authorities said they believed Haddish was under the influence of marijuana at the time.
She ultimately took a plea deal in which she admitted to a charge of reckless driving, receiving probation.
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