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Georgia state laws and case results from Marietta lawyer Dean Phillips who serves Marietta and the surrounding communities
The penalty for hit-and-run in Georgia is very stiff, especially if the hit-and-run accident caused death or serious injury. In these cases, hit-and-run is a felony that carries up to five years in prison. In all other cases, the hit-and-run penalty is a misdemeanor ($300 to $1,000 fine, which cannot be probated, twelve months in …
A Barrow County grand jury indicted two people for their roles in a September 2024 mass shooting at Apalachee High School. Twenty-five people were killed or injured in that incident. Colt Gray, 14, was indicted Thursday on 55 charges for the Sept. 4 mass shooting at Apalachee High School. Charges include: four counts of felony …
A Ghanan man and his local accomplice will spend a combined twenty-seven years in prison for a string of armed robberies throughout the Marietta region. According to Ryan Buchanan, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, the two were involved in a crime spree on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30, 2018, beginning with the …
Emotions are running very high during this presidential election cycle. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have been targeted by assassins. The lines are almost as sharply drawn in statewide and even local races. Free political expression is one of the foundations of our system of government. But when free political expression and criminal law …
Two Georgia men who allegedly tried to steal $50,000 from an 80-year-old man are now sitting in a federal prison facility in Mississippi. The 52-year-old man and 69-year-old man were arrested Sept. 5 by the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office on state charges. Monday morning, both men had their initial appearances in federal court, charged with …
Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a disturbance call found a 2-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl with injuries. The sheriff’s office said it got a call from a witness who reported that children at a residence in Del Park were “in danger.” After responding to the home, deputies found a 2-year-old boy and 4-year-old …
