Five Atlanta Men Arrested on International Firearms Trafficking Charges
ATLANTA – Five Atlanta men, including a U.S./Jamaican dual citizen, have been charged with numerous offenses involving the alleged trafficking […]
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Mexican national sentenced to federal prison for immigration violation
SAVANNAH, Georgia: A defendant illegally inside the United States was sentenced to prison in federal court in the Southern District
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Morales v. State — Court Applies New OCGA Section 5-6-39.1, Dismisses Untimely Out-of-Time Appeal
The Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed a criminal appeal under the new OCGA section 5-6-39.1, holding that the defendant’s motion for an out-of-time appeal was filed beyond the statute’s 100-day deadline and did not fall within the Cook v. State savings clause.
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Rymer v. State — Court Affirms Assault Conviction, Holds Distress Does Not Justify Forcible Home Entry
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Joshua Rymer’s convictions for aggravated assault and criminal trespass, holding that his claimed belief that he was being pursued did not justify forcibly entering a home with a knife and did not warrant jury charges on mistake of fact or coercion.
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Morey v. State — Court Affirms Theft Conviction, Rejecting IAC and Victim-Impact Challenges
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Carl Morey’s conviction for theft by taking from his general contractor, rejecting multiple ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims and finding that limited victim-impact testimony during the guilt phase was harmless error.
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Oliver v. State — Court of Appeals Vacates Sentence Imposing Parole Conditions as Judicial Overreach
The Court of Appeals vacated a portion of a criminal sentence that directed probation conditions to ‘be considered as conditions of parole,’ holding the language improperly invaded the executive branch’s exclusive parole authority.
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One of Atlanta Police Department’s Top 5 Most Wanted Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge
ATLANTA – Marcus Lydell Molden, Jr, who was recently listed on the Atlanta Police Department’s top five fugitives list, has
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Final Defendant Sentenced in $3 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy Investigation
MACON, Ga. – The final defendant tied to a larger FBI investigation into a $3 million bank fraud conspiracy targeting
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Alberti v. State — Court Clarifies Void Sentence Doctrine After Guilty Plea
The Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that a motion challenging the sufficiency of an indictment after a guilty plea is not a proper void-sentence claim and cannot support a direct appeal.
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Martin v. State — Court Upholds Warrantless Seizure of Computer in Child Exploitation Case
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress, holding that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless seizure of a computer suspected of containing child sexual exploitation material where the defendant repeatedly entered and exited his room under the guise of searching for a hard drive.