Georgia’s New Hate Crime Legislation Georgia recently passed a new Hate Crimes Bill. The new legislation imposes additional sentencing on a criminal defendant who commits a crime of hate based upon race, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability. Georgia had passed a hate crime bill…
Georgia Criminal Defense Procedure If you are being investigated for a crime or have been charged with a crime in Georgia, you need to know the criminal justice process you may be facing. As a criminal lawyer based in Atlanta, I have helped thousands of clients defend cases throughout Georgia.…
Georgia’s Second Chance Law Begins Criminal Defense Lawyers in Georgia are praising the new law Georgia “Second Chance,” law that goes into effect on January 1, 2021. Georgia Senate Bill 288 passed in June of 2020 expands the Georgia Expungement Rules for those who have committed nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. Georgia’s…
What are the Georgia Hit and Run Laws Hit and Runs are essentially leaving the scene of any accident and you can be charged criminally as well as incur civil(money damages), as a result of a failure to stop. A driver in the State of Georgia has an affirmative duty…
What Are Valid Warrant Requirements Search Warrant Recently Fulton County Prosecutors tried to obtain records of the ex-cop charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. Brook’s death lead to riots in Atlanta and Fulton County. The State was oddly trying to obtain records of donations to…