Legal Blog

A Reference for Lawyers & the Public
Category  
March 22, 2019 Court of Appeals Affirms Sexual Assault Conviction of Sheriff’s Deputy

The Court found that a woman who engaged in consensual sexual acts with the deputy was “in the custody of…

March 10, 2019 Supreme Court Finds Sex Offender GPS Monitoring Unconstitutional

In Park v. State, it was argued by the defendant that the lifetime GPS monitoring requirement in Georgia’s sex offender…

February 27, 2019 Court: Substitute Teacher Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Georgia Sexual Assault Statute

As a result, the Court concluded that the defendant could not be prosecuted for allegedly having sex with two of…

February 8, 2019 Court Approves Defense’s Use of Rape Shield But Overrules Decades of Case Law

In this case, the State sought to introduce evidence that the alleged child victim was engaging in sexual acts with…

January 25, 2019 Court Affirms Exclusion of Other Sexual Acts by Defendant in Rape Trial

In State v. Isham, the defendant is accused of offering a woman a ride home from a shopping center and…

January 10, 2019 Supreme Court to Review Admissibility of Prior False Allegations

This has the potential to be a major decision affecting the rights of people charged with sex offenses in Georgia…

December 31, 2018 Aggravated Sexual Battery Conviction Reversed Due to Jury Charge Error

The Defendant was accused of molesting his 15-year-old niece and he was indicted on several counts of child molestation, aggravated…

December 14, 2018 Georgia Child Pornography Case Remanded on Cell Phone Search Issue

Law enforcement officers visited the defendant’s residence to verify his compliance with sex offender registration requirements. The officers then asked…

November 26, 2018 Child Hearsay Error Leads to Reversal in Molestation Case

The defendant’s 16-year-old niece told her teacher that the defendant had touched her inappropriately on three separate occasions. The teacher…

November 8, 2018 Hearsay Statements to Doctors May be Admissible at Molestation Trial

The defendant was indicted for child molestation, incest, aggravated sexual battery, statutory rape, and aggravated child molestation. The alleged victim…

October 8, 2018 Innocence Project Exonerates Man Accused of Molestation

Joshua Horner was accused by his 16-year-old daughter of molesting her over a nine-year period. She alleged that he had…

September 26, 2018 11th Circuit: No Suspicion Needed to Search Computers at Border

After receiving tips from Yahoo, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began investigating the defendant for involvement in the receipt,…

GeorgiaTrend Legal Elite Super Lawers National Trial Lawyers Top 100 National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys AVVO 10.0 Superb Rating, Criminal Defense AVVO Clients' Choice Award, Criminal Defense - 2015