The United States Supreme Court ruled earlier this year in Padilla v. Kentucky that a criminal defense lawyer must warn a client when a guilty plea to a criminal charge could subject the client to deportation. Atlanta criminal defense attorneys noted that the Supreme Court’s opinion, authored by Justice John Paul Stevens, found that competent legal counsel […]

Two Glynn County police officers shot a woman on June 18. She was killed after a half-hour low-speed chase that ended in a residential neighborhood. The victim was Caroline Small, 35 of Glynn County. Police had blocked her vehicle in Waverly Pines with two squad cars. Her tires had been flattened with spike strips. The […]