Archive for April, 2009
A fifth grader at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County committed suicide last Thursday. Family members say it was because he was being bullied at school, and the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office has stated that it will look into the matter.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
The 11 year old, Jaheem Herrera, apparently hung himself in his families home. His mother claims that she had complained to school officials about her son being bullied and taunted on ...
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A Georgia criminal defense lawyer recently won a bank robbery trial in Floyd County for a Texas man accused of armed robbery and aggravated assault charges.
The Rome News Tribune has the story.
John Edinbyrd was accused by prosecutors of being the getaway driver in the robbery of a Citizens First Bank in Rome. Edinbyrd pleaded not guilty to the charges while his codefendant, Shawn Colson, pleaded guilty last week. Edinbyrd testified that he was the unwitting participant in ...
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In a landmark 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that police may not conduct a warrantless search of a car after its occupant has been arrested unless he poses a threat to officer safety, or there is a need to seize evidence of the crime for which the arrest was made. The decision is a radical departure from the longstanding rule that police may search a vehicle after arresting its occupant.
In Arizona v. Gant, the defendant, ...
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The Georgia Court of Appeals recently had to determine if circumstantial evidence which was consistent with both the prosecution’s story and the defendant’s story was enough to convict a defendant of burglary and criminal trespass. The court ruled that the evidence was insufficient to find the defendant guilty, since there was a reasonable alternative to the prosecution’s story.
In Parker v. State, the defendant, Parker, was convicted by a jury after he was accused of stealing a generator and a ...
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