- Georgia criminal lawyer wins reversal in DeKalb murder case
- Sexting investigation of student at The Lovett School may lead to criminal charges
- Athens, Georgia to crack down on false crime reports
- DeKalb County School Superintendent served with search warrant in public corruption investigation
- Gwinnett County brings first vehicular homicide case based on texting while driving
- Dekalb County murder trial ends in a hung jury
- Georgia Governor proposes new mortgage fraud legislation
- Macon Ga criminal cases to be dismissed because sheriff's investigator lied under oath
- Athens police seek more arrests in Fantasy World prostitution sting
- Georgia criminal lawyer wins acquittal on reckless conduct charge in after-prom party death in Barrow County
- Savannah, Ga police make arrests in alleged counterfeit operation
- Page Pate helps get charges dismissed in Savannah drug conspiracy case
- Gwinnett County grand jury investigates public corruption allegations involving land purchases
- Macon Ga criminal lawyer represents Bibb County Sheriff’s Deputy in federal internet sex crimes trial in Atlanta
- Computer child pornography raids net at least 40 arrests in Georgia
- Macon criminal lawyer argues that rape charges should be dismissed after police destroy DNA evidence
- Marietta criminal lawyer wins directed verdict of acquittal in case against high school teacher accused of having sexual relationship with his 17-year-old student
- Georgia criminal defense attorney wins suppression of client's involuntary confession
- Criminal defense lawyers win speedy trial motions on appeal
- Georgia criminal defense attorney wins reversal of murder conviction based on state’s failure to disclose co-defendant’s altered plea agreement
- Georgia criminal lawyer wins drug suppression after court rules an “ambiguous comment” does not give rise to probable cause
- Atlanta criminal attorney requests dismissal of voluntary manslaughter charge in the death of A.J. Jewell
- Child pornography charges may be the result of a computer virus
- Atlanta doctor charged with health care fraud in alleged false claims scheme
- Atlanta federal grand jury indicts Eastern Europeans for alleged computer crimes
- Atlanta defense lawyer wins appeal in murder case when the state supreme court finds his client's confession was not voluntary
- Rome Georgia paper mill investigation leads to federal criminal charges
- Macon Georgia criminal attorney wins murder case in Houston County
- FBI announces prostitution sting and sexual exploitation arrests in Atlanta and other cities
- Drug raids in Gwinnett County, Georgia lead to dozens of arrests of alleged La Familia Michoacana members
- Atlanta criminal lawyer Page Pate is hired to represent pilot falsely accused in major drug conspiracy in Peachtree City, Georgia
- Video gambling raid in Chamblee, Georgia leads to 14 arrests
- Child pornography charges in Columbus Georgia for "sexting" between teens?
- Georgia criminal defense lawyer wins acquittal on murder, aggravated assault and child cruelty charges
- Atlanta criminal attorney fights voluntary manslaughter charge for man accused of killing A.J. Jewell, former fiancé of one of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta”
- Federal drug conspiracy sentence reversed due to court's improper application of the federal sentencing guidelines
- Georgia criminal defense lawyer wins reversal of drug conviction of a Walton County man due to improper traffic stop
- Georgia criminal defense attorney wins dismissal in Atlanta child molestation case on speedy trial grounds
- Georgia appeals court reverses drug conviction because the traffic stop was improper
- Dekalb County grand jury criticizes Recorder's Court
- Georgia court holds that "nervousness" is not enough to justify detention
- Georgia criminal lawyer gets conviction against Crawford County commissioner reversed on appeal
- Georgia armed robbery conviction reversed due to use of co-conspirator hearsay
- Savannah lawyer to request bond in vehicular homicide case
- Savannah criminal lawyers begin murder trial in Chatham County
- FBI and GBI confirm that they are investigating Cochran Georgia Police Department
- Crack cocaine disparity in federal sentencing may be at an end
- Robbery conviction reversed due to improper testimony by police officer and ineffective assistance of counsel
- Child molestation conviction reversed due to ineffective assistance of counsel
- Macon lawyers get fraud and theft charges dimissed
- Atlanta lawyer helps get charges against Hindu leader dismissed
- McDonough Georgia lawyer pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
- Macon Georgia attorney helps get sex offense case against Milledgeville teacher dismissed
- Georgia sheriff sentenced to three years in prison in federal fraud case
- New Supreme Court Case: Lab analysts must testify to their forensic reports in drug trials
- CRCT criminal investigation in Dekalb County leads to arrests
- Federal immigration fraud case in Savannah ends with imposition of prison sentence for main defendant
- Criminal charges brought in Gwinnett County against mother who attempted to perform exorcism on her son
- Georgia DNA program solves crimes and helps protect the innocent
- Criminal lawyer convinces Georgia Supreme Court to reverse sex offense conviction
- Georgia criminal lawyer fights extradition for man wanted in New York murder case
- Macon crimnal lawyer wins trial for man charged with pointing gun at sheriff's deputy
- Judicial Qualifications Commission files complaint against judge in Middle Georgia
- Savannah federal prosecutors bring fraud charges against former NFL player
- Macon Georgia criminal lawyer gets bond for client in federal fraud case
- Atlanta criminal attorney challenges Georgia sex offender law
- Macon Ga lawyer argues for bond in federal fraud case
- Supreme Court reverses federal drug conviction and resolves circuit split
- Atlanta residents indicted on federal counterfeiting charges for bootleg dvd's
- Athens Georgia criminal gambling and fencing cases may go federal
- Federal criminal charges brought against Macon, Georgia residents for their alleged involvement in Ponzi scheme
- Fulton County jailers charged with federal civil rights violations in Atlanta
- Dekalb County District Attorney to open investigation into child's school related suicide
- Georgia criminal lawyer wins bank robbery trial in Floyd County
- U.S. Supreme Court curtails warrantless searches of vehicles incident to arrest
- Rome Georgia criminal lawyers win appeal in burglary case based on circumstantial evidence
- Marietta Georgia lawyer pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme in federal court
- Newnan Georgia defense lawyers win murder trial in Coweta County
- Georgia child pornography and sexual exploitation investigations on the rise
- Criminal defense attorney wins appeal suppressing drug evidence found in an illegal search
- Georgia Court of Appeals reverses criminal conviction and clarifies rule on eyewitness identification
- U.S. Homeland Security employee convicted on federal bribery charges in Atlanta
- Marietta Georgia chiropractor charged with federal child pornography offenses
- Mortgage modification scams lead to an increase in fraud investigations
- Savannah lawyers begin jury selection in vehicular homicide case
- Atlanta federal court issues preliminary ruling on Georgia sex offender statute
- Georgia sex offender registration laws may be changed
- Georgia criminal lawyers help T.I. get sweet deal in Atlanta federal gun case
- Georgia Supreme Court narrowly upholds constitutionalilty of vague criminal statute prohibiting doctors from issuing blank prescriptions
- Georgia criminal lawyer successful in reversing a criminal conviction based on prosecutorial misconduct
- Georgia criminal lawyer obtains immunity for client after pretrial hearing in domestic violence case
- Georgia Supreme Court reverses criminal conviction and holds that a defendant's pre-arrest silence may not be used against him
- Georgia appeals court reverses drug conviction based on "equal access" defense
- Georgia criminal law allows for "food safety" prosecutions
- Georgia Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to marijuana statute
- Criminal defense lawyer wins appeal in Georgia drug case
- Georgia defense lawyer obtains reversal of criminal conviction of Atlanta police officer
- Georgia law enforcement to adopt stronger eyewitness identification standards
- Georgia criminal lawyer successful in convincing state supreme court to strike down part of sex offender law
- Georgia criminal attorney successful in reversing client's conviction based on judge's failure to give self defense instruction
- Criminal defense lawyer successful in reversing drug conviction based on inadequate consent to search
- Gainesville Georgia criminal defense lawyer wins acquittal for man charged with aggravated child molestation
- Georgia criminal lawyers obtain bond for their clients in armed robbery case in Gwinnett County
- Georgia criminal lawyers applaud new kidnapping decison by state supreme court
- Prosecutor and defense attorney make closing arguments in Brian Nichols' murder trial in Atlanta
- Atlanta Georgia criminal lawyer challenges pretrial immunity ruling for police officer
- Georgia criminal defense lawyers successful in striking down part of sex offender registration statute
- Defense lawyers win stay of execution for Troy Davis
- Cobb County Georgia Police Department rolls out the tank
- Atlanta mortgage fraud case results in 14 year sentence for real estate agent
- Georgia criminal lawyer challenges marijuana law
- Athens Georgia identity theft ring investigated by federal and state authorities
- Atlanta criminal defense lawyer appeals Sullivan murder conviction
- GBI budget cuts cripple criminal justice in Georgia
- Georgia troopers put to the "smell test" in drug case
- Gwinnett County man found "not guilty" in dog park murder case
- Rai sentenced to life in prison for murder
- Atlanta jury convicts man charged with racially motivated murder
- New federal mortgage fraud indictment in Atlanta
- Atlanta courthouse shooting case back in the news
- Federal grand jury in Savannah Georgia indicts Atlanta couple for illegal internet drug sales
- FBI and GBI to cooperate in Georgia computer crime and internet porn investigations
- Atlanta judge sentences former Atlanta Police Officer to 4 and a half years
- Atlanta police officer guilty on one count, not guilty on others
- Defense lawyers try to recuse new judge in Atlanta courthouse shooting case
- Misdemeanor plea for our client charged in Atlanta for helping import leopard skin
- Georgia police officers charged with child molestation
- Child pornography indictment in Athens Georgia for former teacher
- Georgia doctor faces federal charges for distributing drugs over the internet
- Georgia dentist charged with assaulting patients while sedated
- T.I. Pleads guilty to federal firearms charges in Atlanta
- Atlanta federal judge lets rapper T.I. go to church
- Georgia legislator pleads guilty to federal money laundering charges in Atlanta
- Athens Georgia mortgage fraud case close to indictment?
- Marietta Georgia jury acquits teacher of child molestation
- Athens Georgia defense lawyer wants to question grand jurors in murder case
- Atlanta's "war on drugs" causes more problems than it solves
- North Georgia district attorney sentenced to six years in prison for fraud
- Georgia Legislature to award wrongfully convicted man $1.2 million
- Delta Airlines employee indicted for federal drug smuggling in Atlanta
- U.S. Army rangers charged with conspiracy to kill drug dealers
- Georgia police chief involved in computer sex chats?
- Georgia judge chosen to replace Judge Fuller for Nichols trial
- New judge for Brian Nichols' case?
- FBI expands the scope of federal mortgage fraud investigation
- Judge Fuller comments publicly on Brian Nichols' guilt
- Alleged assault in Midtown Atlanta involving celebrity fitness trainer
- Major Atlanta mortgage fraud case finally resolved in federal court
- Criminal defense issues in the Georgia General Assembly
- Federal drug informant pleads guilty to lying about drug deals
- D.A. tries to remove judge from Brian Nichols death penalty case in Atlanta
- Another innocent man released from prison in Georgia
- Sentencing commission to apply new crack cocaine guidelines retroactively
- Michael Vick sentenced to 23 months in federal court
- 88 People indicted in Atlanta federal drug conspiracy
- Georgia Supreme Court strikes down Georgia sex offender law
- Animal cruelty charges dismissed against Atlanta Falcon Jonathan Babineaux
- Atlanta District Attorney files lawsuit against Nichols' judge
- Georgia judge under fire for $1 million defense bill in death penalty trial
- Rapper T.I. to be released on bond by federal magistrate judge
- Genarlow Wilson to be released from Georgia prison
- Rapper T.I. facing federal gun charges in Atlanta, Georgia
- Benoit's doctor to face additional federal criminal charges
- Criminal arrest warrants and business litigation
- Federal drug trial in Rome, Georgia
- Georgia prison population is growing and graying
- Oral argument in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Police officer in Georgia charged with internet sex offense
- Georgia police chief charged with theft and corruption
- Felony murder conviction from mistaken drug overdose
- Georgia district attorney indicted for fraud and theft
- Vick signs plea agreement in federal court
- Michael Vick will enter plea in federal court
- Michael Vick's defense lawyers seek plea deal
- Defending false accusations of child molestation
- Mortgage fraud prosecutions on the rise
- Georgia Supreme Court reviews Troy Davis death penalty case
- Criminal lawyers challenge no-knock warrants
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