In Boston v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s convictions for child molestation, incest, and aggravated sexual…
December 19, 2025 Court of Appeals Rules That Admission of Prior Act at Molestation Trial was ErroneousIn Young v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction for child molestation, finding that the trial…
November 21, 2025 Court Reverses Molestation Convictions Due to Admission of Prejudicial Pornography EvidenceIn State v. Collum, a divided Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s convictions for aggravated child molestation, child molestation,…
June 5, 2025 After Reversal by Appeals Court, Supreme Court Reinstates Conviction in Enticement CaseIn State v. Green, the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the defendant’s conviction for attempting to entice a child for indecent…
March 10, 2025 Improper Bolstering Issue Leads to Reversal of Child Molestation ConvictionIn Flores-Avila v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals granted the defendant a new trial in a child molestation case…
September 20, 2024 Child Molestation Conviction Reversed Due to Improper Removal of Holdout JurorThe Georgia Court of Appeals held that the trial court abused its discretion in removing a juror during deliberations in…
July 29, 2024 Court of Appeals Vacates Overbroad Probation Conditions in Two Recent DecisionsIn a span of a few weeks, the Court of Appeals issued two decisions vacating sex offender probation conditions for…
February 28, 2024 Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies Merger Rules with Molestation OffensesIn State v. Shropshire, the Georgia Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine when several separate counts of child molestation should…
November 7, 2023 Georgia Supreme Court Finds Teen’s Sentencing for Molestation Offense UnconstitutionalIn Regan v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Georgia’s sentencing scheme for child molestation offenses was unconstitutional because…
October 24, 2023 Court of Appeals Clarifies Standard for Admission of Accuser’s Prior False AllegationIn Gallegos-Munoz v. State, the Court of Appeals held that a defendant is still required to make a threshold showing…
September 1, 2023 Exclusion of Evidence of Detective’s Child Molestation Arrest is ReversedIn Ridley v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s exclusion of evidence concerning the arrest of…
July 20, 2023 Guilty Plea in Molestation Case Possibly the Result of Ineffective CounselIn Mathis v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that the defendant may be entitled to withdraw his guilty…
