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May 7, 2024 Court Reverses Two Counts for Defendant Convicted in Internet Sting Case

In Boone v. State, the defendant’s convictions for obscene internet contact with a child and sexual exploitation were reversed due…

March 31, 2023 Georgia Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction in Internet Sting Case

In Yeamans v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals granted a new trial to a defendant arrested in a Forsyth…

October 7, 2022 Federal Appeals Court Reverses Conviction in Puerto Rico Internet Sting Case

In U.S. v. Soler, a federal internet sting prosecution in Puerto Rico, the First Circuit Court of Appeals found that…

June 5, 2022 Court Affirms Conviction of Deaf Man Arrested in Georgia Sting Operation

In Hardy v. State, the defendant was arrested in a sting operation conducted by police officers in the Camden County…

October 26, 2021 Refusal to Allow Entrapment Defense Leads to Reversal in Sting Case

The First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction in a federal internet sting case where the trial judge…

September 13, 2021 Court Finds Pornography and Internet Restrictions for Probationer Constitutional

In Rutledge v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that it was not a violation of a probationer’s constitutional…

August 25, 2021 Defending Internet Sting Operations in Georgia – Initial Considerations

Each year, hundreds of Georgians are arrested in internet sting operations conducted by both the ICAC task force and local…

May 9, 2019 Court Affirms Internet Sting Conviction Rejecting Entrapment Defense

In Reid v. State, the defendant began communicating online with a police officer who was posing as a 15-year-old girl….

March 31, 2019 11th Circuit Upholds Conviction in Internet Sting Case

In United States v. Caniff, the defendant was arrested in a sex sting operation after he began interacting on Whisper…

April 4, 2017 Court Partially Reverses Demurrers in Computer Pornography Case

The record reflects that local police officers and the FBI placed an ad on the internet describing a lone female…

July 20, 2016 Court Finds Computer Pornography Statute Constitutional

The statute provides that a person “commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she…

February 22, 2016 Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Exploitation Statute

The defense contends that the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. In it’s brief, the defense…

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