In 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…
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…
