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Paulding Superior Court convicted a man of aggravated assault and armed robbery stemming from an encounter in a convenience store during which the defendant demanded money from a clerk at gunpoint. Videotape taken from the store’s surveillance camera and used as evidence by the prosecution shows the robber wearing a motorcycle helmet and distinctive clothing. …
As defined by O.C.G.A. § 16-11-126 (e), Georgia law allows gun toters from out of state to carry weapons with their respective licenses if their states reciprocate the same right to Georgians traveling in their states. The state, however, will not recognize licensed Virginians because their state “only recognizes Georgia permits for gun owners 21 …
Most of us have heard the comparison between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. When cases are presented to the court, judges and juries must determine how to apply statutes as they pertain to the offenses. Sometimes, the judgment must take the specific terminology into account and sometimes the court …
Cherokee County Superior Court convicted a man for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of morphine, and possession of oxycodone arising from a confidential informant’s tip. The informant had alerted a local drug enforcement task force that the defendant was selling marijuana from a house. The tipster then performed three drug transactions for …
A man threatened a judge and his family, demonstrated by both his letter sent to the judge’s wife and a professional counselor reporting his claims. The judge’s decision in the man’s divorce case compelled him to resort to verbal abuse and potential violence. In the letter, he explained that he intended to kill the judge’s …
Cherokee Superior Court convicted a man of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. The defendant requested a new trial, asserting that the state failed to reveal exculpatory information regarding an exchange between police and a confidential informant. He also felt that his counsel failed to object to his interview with the police …
