Raul Lopez was convicted of aggravated child molestation, rape, and child molestation in Gwinnett County Superior Court. At trial, the…
January 11, 2013 GA Supreme Court Reverses Wiretap Ruling in Ecstasy Trafficking CaseThis opinion reversed a Georgia Court of Appeals decision that upheld the State’s use of wiretapping in a multi-county drug…
January 10, 2013 SC High School Teacher Charged with Sexual Battery for Relationship with StudentsShe faces charges from both the Columbia Police Department and the Forest Acres Police Department for allegedly having an inappropriate…
January 8, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Aggravated Assault and Firearm ConvictionsIn April 2010, the Clayton County Police Department received a report of an ongoing burglary and a description of the…
January 2, 2013 Federal Court Rules that Husband’s Emails to Wife Not PrivilegedHamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, worked as an administrator for the Newport News school system…
December 19, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Drug Conviction for Judge’s Failure to RecuseAs a result, the Court reversed the defendant’s conviction and ordered a new trial. Anthony Hargis was convicted of attempt…
December 17, 2012 Georgia Court of Appeals Vacates 150-year Sentence for ID FraudUndreas Davis was convicted of three counts of theft by taking and twelve counts of financial identity fraud in 2009….
December 16, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Drug Trafficking Conviction on Illegal Pat DownWilliams was a passenger in a car that a Henry County police officer stopped for following too closely. Although he…
December 11, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Vacates Part of Child Molestation SentenceThe Court held that the trial court erred when it imposed life sentences for two of the seven counts due…
December 10, 2012 College Football Coach Cleared of Child Pornography ChargesHoffner, 46, was charged with one felony count of using minors in a sexual performance or pornographic work and one…
December 7, 2012 Two Child Molestation Trials in Brooklyn Shake up Jewish CommunityIn one case, Emanuel Yegutkin, a 33 year-old former private school principal, was convicted of sexually abusing three boys over…
Bernard Selected to Georgia Trend Magazine’s 2012 Legal EliteGeorgia Trend Magazine has selected Bernard to its 2012 Legal Elite which lists the top attorneys in the State of…
