This prompted an investigation by school officials and law enforcement. The administration soon discovered that several students, mostly female freshmen,…
March 20, 2013 GA Court of Appeals: No First Offender in Sex Offense CasesThis is contrary to the interpretation of many Superior Court judges throughout Georgia who have concluded that the plain language…
March 18, 2013 Polygraph leads GA Court of Appeals to Affirm Molestation ConvictionThe lesson to be learned from this case is that under no circumstances should a defendant ever take a stipulated…
March 14, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Refuses to Quash Indictment in Child Molestation CaseJames Edward Shane was indicted on four counts of aggravated child molestation and two counts of child molestation for acts…
March 13, 2013 DeKalb County Drug Charges Dismissed Amidst Alleged Police MisconductAlphonzo Eleby was arrested in July 2012 at a Chevron gas station. Eleby was talking to someone in a black…
March 9, 2013 Nurse Practitioner Charged in Cherokee County Prescription Drug RingKathryn Shoemaker is accused of forging doctors’ signatures in order to fill fraudulent drug prescriptions at nearly a dozen drug…
February 26, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Affirms Paraprofessional’s Sexual Assault ConvictionAt the time the allegations of sexual assault surfaced, Travis Demond Hart was employed as a paraprofessional at the same…
February 25, 2013 Bernard Selected to 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers ListBernard has been selected to the 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers list that was just published in the March edition of…
February 18, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reversal in Gwinnett County Child Molestation CaseThe Defendant claimed that the prosecution erred when it failed to present evidence to show why it did not identify…
February 8, 2013 Doctor Indicted in Fulton County for Child MolestationDr. Kelly Thrasher is alleged to have molested an underage girl while she was at a sleepover at his home….
February 6, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Statutory Rape ConvictionThe court also vacated the defendant’s sentence on one count of child molestation and remanded for resentencing because the trial…
February 4, 2013 Recent Wave of Tax Refund Fraud Arrests in GeorgiaLast week, Kevin Joseph Sonnier and Bernardo Davis were arrested and charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy…
