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May 14, 2015 GA Supreme Court: Attorneys Must Advise Clients of Parole Ineligibility

The defendant pleaded guilty to the offenses of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, statutory rape and enticing a child for…

May 7, 2015 Federal Court Affirms Distribution Enhancement in File Sharing Case

The defendant downloaded child pornography through a peer-to-peer file sharing program. The program creates a shared folder on a user’s…

May 4, 2015 Bernard Serves as Co-Chair for GACDL Forensics Seminar

The theme of the seminar was “21st Century Forensics” and speakers included attorneys and forensics experts from Georgia, South Carolina,…

Court of Appeals: PTSD Assessment Admissible in Child Sex Abuse Case

The defendant was accused of molesting both his daughter and his niece. A therapist testified at trial that the daughter…

April 27, 2015 Court of Appeals Requires DA to Honor Plea Deal Made by his Predecessor

Thus, the Court reversed the trial court and held that the defendant’s motion to enforce the plea agreement should have…

April 23, 2015 Pain During Pregnancy Leads to Aggravated Child Molestation Charge

The record showed that the defendant had sexual intercourse with L.F. and that she became pregnant as a result. She…

April 13, 2015 Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction for Homeless Sex Offender

The record showed that the defendant was a registered sex offender, having been convicted of incest for his relationship with…

March 28, 2015 GA Child Molestation Conviction Reversed on Improper Jury Instruction

At trial, the State introduced a video of the alleged victim’s forensic interview and played it for the jury. In…

March 23, 2015 Deliberate Ignorance Charge Erroneous in GA Child Pornography Case

The Court, however, affirmed his convictions for sexual exploitation of children, finding that the erroneous jury instruction did not rise…

March 16, 2015 Court Finds Defendant Failed to Timely Object to Other Crimes Evidence

The Court held that the defendant must object to this evidence at the time the trial court makes a final…

March 11, 2015 GA Supreme Court Reverses Conviction in Child Cruelty Case

The Court held that the evidence did not support the convictions because there was no evidence that the defendant left…

February 25, 2015 GA Supreme Court Affirms Reversal of Murder Conviction

The record showed that several witnesses testified that they saw the defendant fatally shoot the victim after the victim intervened…

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