The Georgia Court of Appeals granted a new trial to a defendant arrested in a Forsyth County internet sting operation….
October 7, 2022 Federal Appeals Court Reverses Conviction in Puerto Rico Internet Sting CaseIn a federal internet sting prosecution in Puerto Rico, the First Circuit Court of Appeals found that the defendant was…
June 5, 2022 Court Affirms Conviction of Deaf Man Arrested in Georgia Sting OperationIn 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 CaseThe 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 ConstitutionalIn 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 ConsiderationsEach 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 DefenseIn 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 CaseIn 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 CaseThe 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 ConstitutionalThe 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 StatuteThe defense contends that the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. In it’s brief, the defense…
November 19, 2015 GA Supreme Court Finds Computer Pornography Indictment DefectiveThe defendant in this case was a high school employee who became Facebook friends with a 15 year-old student at…
