In 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…
June 27, 2023 Habeas Relief Affirmed in Molestation Case Due to Ineffective Assistance ClaimIn Smith v. Chandler, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the granting of habeas relief to a petitioner convicted of child…
September 19, 2022 Reversal of Child Sexual Abuse Conviction Due to Improper Testimony from Child’s TherapistThe South Carolina Court of Appeals found that testimony from an alleged child victim’s therapist that she was treating the…
May 13, 2022 Court Finds Testimony About Cultural Generalizations InadmissibleIn Martinez-Arias v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether it was permissible to allow a school…
March 14, 2022 Court of Appeals Divided Over Admissibility of Prior False AllegationIn Vallejo v. State, the Court of Appeals issued a whole court opinion in which the majority found that the…
February 15, 2022 Court of Appeals Rules That Pre-Polygraph Interview is AdmissibleIn State v. Hill, the State appealed the trial court’s ruling that the two interviews the police conducted with the…
January 19, 2022 Court of Appeals Affirms Granting of New Trial in Molestation CaseIn State v. Ward, the defendant was a police officer accused by a teenage boy of child molestation. The allegation…
January 6, 2022 Georgia Supreme Court Reverses on Search Warrant Issue in Molestation CaseIn George v. State, the defendant was convicted at a jury trial of two counts of child molestation, two counts…
December 16, 2021 Court of Appeals Remands Molestation Case to Have Equal Protection Issue HeardIn Regan v. State, the Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation. After doing so, he filed a…
