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 ErrorThe 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 IssueLaw 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 CaseThe 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 TrialThe 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 MolestationJoshua 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 BorderAfter 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…
