The defendant was a paraprofessional at a Cherokee County High School where he was hired to attend to the needs…
October 12, 2015 Consent Element Must Now be Proven in Child Sexual Battery CasesSexual battery is defined as intentional physical contact with the “intimate parts” of another person without consent. Intimate parts generally…
October 1, 2015 Court Reverses Sexual Battery Conviction on Erroneous Jury ChargeThe defendant was indicted for the offense of aggravated sexual battery. The indictment charged him with inserting his finger into…
July 20, 2015 Despite New DNA Evidence Court Denies New Trial in Sex Assault CaseBharadia was convicted of burglary, aggravated sodomy and aggravated sexual battery in 2003. He was charged along with a co-defendant…
January 28, 2015 Erroneous Jury Charge Leads to Reversal in GA Sexual Battery CaseThe record showed that the defendant was the alleged victim’s stepfather. She testified that in 2003, when she was eleven…
November 17, 2014 Court Acknowledges Issues with GA’s Sexual Battery StatuteThe defendant argued that with respect to the sexual battery counts, the jury should not have been instructed that a…
September 4, 2014 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Sodomy ConvictionThe trial court instructed the jury that the offense of sodomy is committed if the defendant “perform[ed] a sexual act…
July 18, 2014 GA Teacher Not Required to Report Abuse of Former StudentThe Supreme Court held that the teacher had no legal obligation to report the prior sexual abuse of a 16…
March 10, 2014 Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of GA Sexual Assault CaseThe Court held that the defendant, who was a secretary at the alleged victims’ school, had no supervisory authority over…
November 29, 2013 Court of Appeals Examines Georgia’s Sexual Assault StatuteIn Ellis v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s convictions for aggravated sexual battery and sexual assault,…
November 7, 2013 GA Supreme Court Reverses Solicitation of Sodomy ConvictionIn Watson v. State, the Supreme Court of Georgia overturned the defendant’s conviction for solicitation of sodomy, finding that the…
May 19, 2013 Sexual Assault Allegations at Georgia Heathcare FacilityThe women, ages 53, 54, and 75, allege that the incidents occurred between late April and early May of this…
