In cases that involve many individuals who are charged with the commission of the same crime, it has increasingly become a problem for one person’s legal counsel to hear incriminating statements about the person from another individual who was involved in the offense. Fortunately, the Bruton doctrine can be used to suppress these statements. If you… Read More
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Sex Crimes and Related State & Federal Laws
Understanding Sex Crimes Being charged with sex crimes can have devastating effects on a person’s life. Not only will a person convicted of these offenses end up facing a long prison sentence, substantial fines, and mandatory placement in the Georgia Sex Offender Registry which is near impossible to be removed from. In many cases these offenses also… Read More
How to Find a Federal Drug Attorney in Georgia
If you are charged with a federal drug crime, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed about how to proceed. One of the best steps is to obtain the assistance of the best federal drug lawyer that you can find. While it is critical that this attorney has an innate understanding of the many federal… Read More
Claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In the recent case of Davila v.Davis, the Supreme Court analyzed the limit of ineffective assistance of counsel. Depending on the results of the trial, the defendant could avoid being sentenced to death for fatally shooting a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother. The main question in the case concerns whether the defendant’s first lawyer was… Read More
Georgia Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Sending Fraudulent Email
In March 2017, a Brookhaven man allegedly sent one email to a county government in Kansas and received more than a half million dollars, according to WXIA. The man was arrested on federal charges for allegedly carrying out an e-mail spoofing scheme that cost Sedgwick County approximately $566,000. The man, a 48-year-old, is charged with wire… Read More
Massachusetts Police Department Mishandles Evidence
Yet again, a police force in Massachusetts is reeling after its internal procedures have been found to be not only subpar, but so deplorable that criminal sanctions are not out of the realm of possibility. Problems in the Evidence Room of the Braintree Police Department In May of 2016, the police chief of the town… Read More