The program, called Equitable Sharing, permitted local police departments to seize personal property from individuals and reap enormous financial windfalls….
January 21, 2015 Divided Court of Appeals Validates Search Warrant in Child Porn CaseThe record showed that the FBI’s Safe Child Task Force received information from German authorities about an IP address from…
January 14, 2015 Federal Court Grants Habeas Relief and Vacates GA Rape ConvictionIn 2005, Nejad was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery in Fulton…
January 8, 2015 GA Court of Appeals Sends Child Molestation Case Back to Trial CourtThe record showed that police in Savannah responded to a domestic violence call to find three children in the home…
January 7, 2015 Court of Appeals Tosses Pornography Found During Warrantless Search of PhoneBrown was stopped for suspicion of DUI and was subsequently placed under arrest. After being placed in the patrol car,…
December 22, 2014 Court Affirms Joinder of Statutory Rape and Molestation Charges for TrialThe record showed that S.H., who was 14 at the time, and her 16 year old brother took scuba diving…
November 19, 2014 No Standing to Contest Search Warrant for ISP Subscriber InformationIn this case, a detective from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant from the Cherokee County Magistrate…
November 18, 2014 GA Supreme Court Reversal in Murder Case Due to Improper Exclusion of EvidenceThe defendant did not dispute the fact that he was responsible for the death of his wife. However, he argued…
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…
November 14, 2014 GA Court of Appeals Reinstates Conviction in Molestation CaseThe Georgia Court of Appeals, however, reversed the trial court’s decision and reinstated the defendant’s convictions. The Court held that…
November 11, 2014 Court of Appeals Ruling Expands Character Evidence in Molestation CasesThe Court held that under Georgia’s new evidence code, when the defendant’s character is an essential element of his defense,…
November 10, 2014 GA Supreme Court: No Standing to Contest Illegally Obtained Text MessagesAlthough the police failed to obtain a search warrant for the records, as required by Federal and Georgia law, the…
