The court also vacated the defendant’s sentence on one count of child molestation and remanded for resentencing because the trial…
January 14, 2013 Georgia Molestation Conviction Upheld Despite Child’s RecantationsRaul Lopez was convicted of aggravated child molestation, rape, and child molestation in Gwinnett County Superior Court. At trial, the…
December 11, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Vacates Part of Child Molestation SentenceThe Court held that the trial court erred when it imposed life sentences for two of the seven counts due…
December 7, 2012 Two Child Molestation Trials in Brooklyn Shake up Jewish CommunityIn one case, Emanuel Yegutkin, a 33 year-old former private school principal, was convicted of sexually abusing three boys over…
November 9, 2012 GA Child Molestation Conviction Affirmed Despite Child Hearsay ErrorAccording to evidence presented at trial, Welsh’s stepdaughter, R. F., alleged Welsh had molested her in 2005. R. F., who…
October 26, 2012 Georgia Court of Appeals Affirms Child Moletsation ConvictionThe allegations in the case were that the alleged victim (T.M.), a four year-old girl, was molested by her step-grandfather…
October 3, 2012 Forsyth County Arrest Will Test the Breadth of Georgia’s Child Molestation StatuteAccording to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, the girls’ mothers dropped them off at the rink on the evening of…
August 20, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Aggravated Child Molestation ConvictionUnder Georgia law, no witness may testify as to whether another witness is telling the truth. This type of testimony…
June 20, 2012 Georgia Supreme Court Expands Scope of Child Hearsay StatuteThe decision in Bunn v. State marks yet another change in the interpretation of O.C.G.A. § 24-3-16, which has now…
May 28, 2012 Georgia Court of Appeals Upholds Molestation Conviction for Act of Public IndecencyThe Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed a child molestation conviction where a man allegedly exposed himself to a 13…
March 29, 2012 Contraband and Sexual Assaults in Georgia’s Youth Detention CentersThe Atlanta Journal Constitution has reported that a former staff member at the Regional Youth Detention Center in Gainesville, Georgia…
March 26, 2012 Cobb County Police Charge 20 yr old with Child MolestationWilliam Perry McIntyre faces aggravated child molestation charges and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison for having…
