After receiving tips from Yahoo, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began investigating the defendant for involvement in the receipt,…
September 14, 2018 Court Finds Evidence Insufficient to Support Statutory Rape ConvictionIn this case that was previously decided by the Court of Appeals (see our previous post, Court of Appeals Highlights…
August 28, 2018 New Trial Denied Despite Being Misinformed of Max Sentence for RapeThe defendant was charged with rape and false imprisonment. Before trial, the State made a plea offer of 20 years…
August 7, 2018 Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Child Abuse RegistryThe child abuse registry, more formally known as the Child Protective Services Information System, is accessible only to certain governmental…
July 28, 2018 Prior Conviction Improperly Admitted in Molestation CaseThe defendant was charged with molesting his twelve-year-old niece. At a pretrial hearing, the court determined that the State could…
July 14, 2018 Court Finds Evidence Insufficient to Show Defendant was in Possession of Child PornThe record at trial showed that a detective traced child pornography images on the internet to an IP address at…
June 19, 2018 Court Upholds Deputy Admonishing Defendant in Front of JuryIt was also held that his trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a plea in bar on…
June 8, 2018 Failure to Dismiss Biased Juror Leads to New Trial in Molestation CaseThe prospective jurors were informed in voir dire that the defendant was charged with three separate acts of child molestation…
May 29, 2018 Court of Appeals: Alleged Victim’s Prior False Allegation is AdmissibleThe defendant was accused of molesting his stepdaughter. He was specifically charged with aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, and incest….
May 18, 2018 Court of Appeals Affirms Grant of New Trial in Molestation CaseThe new trial was granted on the grounds that critical evidence was discovered by the parties mid-trial that was never…
May 6, 2018 Court of Appeals Remands Rape Case Back to Trial CourtThe defendant was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual battery. The alleged victim was a…
April 25, 2018 Child’s Therapy Records Form Basis for Reversal in Molestation CaseThe alleged victim accused the defendant of touching her on several occasions when she was between the ages of seven…
