In Martinez-Arias v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether it was permissible to allow a school…
April 21, 2022 No-Contact Condition of Probation Found to be Void for VaguenessIn Bryant v. State, a convicted sex offender appealed his sentence arguing that one of the special conditions of his…
April 6, 2022 Driving Instructor Considered “Teacher” Under Georgia’s Old Sexual Assault StatuteIn Huggins v. State, the defendant appealed his conviction for sexual assault, arguing that although he was employed as a…
March 14, 2022 Court of Appeals Divided Over Admissibility of Prior False AllegationIn Vallejo v. State, the Court of Appeals issued a whole court opinion in which the majority found that the…
February 15, 2022 Court of Appeals Rules That Pre-Polygraph Interview is AdmissibleIn State v. Hill, the State appealed the trial court’s ruling that the two interviews the police conducted with the…
January 19, 2022 Court of Appeals Affirms Granting of New Trial in Molestation CaseIn State v. Ward, the defendant was a police officer accused by a teenage boy of child molestation. The allegation…
January 6, 2022 Georgia Supreme Court Reverses on Search Warrant Issue in Molestation CaseIn George v. State, the defendant was convicted at a jury trial of two counts of child molestation, two counts…
December 16, 2021 Court of Appeals Remands Molestation Case to Have Equal Protection Issue HeardIn Regan v. State, the Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation. After doing so, he filed a…
December 9, 2021 Court Rules Motion to Suppress Cell Phone Evidence Would Have Been FruitlessIn McClure v. State, the defendant contended that his trial attorney was ineffective for failing to file a motion to…
November 9, 2021 Court: Hidden Camera Videos Did Not Constitute Child PornographyThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor, finding that there was…
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…
October 8, 2021 Painful Lesson for Attorney Who Failed to Preserve Issue for AppealIn Green v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that trial counsel failed to preserve an objection to the…
