
Resisting Arrest: The Law in Georgia
If people don’t immediately comply with police officer commands, officers often say “stop resisting.” Some people have compared that phrase to Allahu Akbar, the phrase
If people don’t immediately comply with police officer commands, officers often say “stop resisting.” Some people have compared that phrase to Allahu Akbar, the phrase
A law adding some thirty offenses, including eighteen misdemeanors, to the cash bail-only list is clearly unconstitutional and grossly unfair, according to court documents. The
The Georgia Supreme Court set aside the murder conviction of a man who left a toddler in a hot car in 2016, on the grounds
Georgia’s stalking law is unusually broad. Most states define stalking as a series of communications designed to harass or intimidate a person. Georgia’s anti-stalking law
Two Georgia siblings, who allegedly field fraudulent COVID unemployment benefits and PPP loan applications, will spend the next twenty-one months in federal prison. “Programs that
Over the last twenty years, the traffic court process has probably changed more than any other part of the criminal law process, which is saying
The prosecution rate for hit-and-run offenders is very low. Only about 10 percent of these cases make it to court. However, that statistic is not
Lawmakers advanced a pair of eleventh-hour proposals which, advocates claim, would make it easier for people convicted of minor offenses to move on with their
May means flowers for mom, the start of summer vacation (at least in some places), and the start of the 100 deadliest days of the
Three people, who were allegedly part of an organized theft ring, stole about $8,000 worth of merchandise from two retailers in under two hours. Surveillance