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August 20, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Finds Warrant for GPS Device Unlawful

Evidence showed that on August 5, 2010, someone committed a burglary at a residence in Fulton County. The next evening,…

August 12, 2013 11th Circuit Denies Habeas Review for Juvenile with Federal Life Sentence

Morgan unsuccessfully sought an order from the district court to consider a second or successive motion to vacate or correct…

August 8, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reinstates Loitering Conviction

Initially, the trial court granted the defendant a new trial in response to his claim that the accusation was defective….

August 6, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Theft Conviction Due to Improper Venue

Under Georgia law, venue for a theft by deception offense is proper in any county in which the defendant exercised…

July 29, 2013 GA Supreme Court Permits Revisit of Pretrial Self-Defense Order

Hipp was arrested for pulling out a knife during a fight and was subsequently indicted for aggravated assault and simple…

July 25, 2013 Georgia Court of Appeals Clarifies Plain Error Review

In doing so, the Court clarified the circumstances under which plain error review will be applicable. Central to the case…

July 23, 2013 Cobb County Music Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography

Skrabanek is a Marietta resident who has worked as an accompanist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Glenn Memorial…

July 18, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction for Giving False Name

The defendant possessed a valid Georgia driver’s license with one name, but his fingerprints in the FBI database corresponded with…

July 15, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Sentence in Sex Offender Registry Case

The Court, however, reversed his sentencing as a recidivist on the grounds that the State could not use the same…

July 11, 2013 GA Supreme Court Applies Rule of Lenity in Identity Fraud Case

McNair was charged for the theft and use of another’s credit card under Georgia’s identity fraud statute. He was tried…

July 9, 2013 GA Court Defines Possession of Deleted Child Pornography Files

The files had been previously deleted, however, some of them remained stored in the unallocated space of the hard drive….

July 7, 2013 GA Court of Appeals: No Exclusionary Rule for Prior Acts Evidence

The Court held that the exclusionary rule does not apply to evidence that was illegally seized in a prior incident…

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