Court Criminal Law Felony Georgia 
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Share So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law? But Georgia’s high courst saw it differently.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Georgia will take the justices back to law-school basics – the case could be a question on a law-school examination in criminal law. The state courts responded by characterizing the inconsistent verdicts as “repugnant,” vacating both verdicts, and authorizing a second trial on all counts. Period, full stop.
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JonathanTurley
MARCH 18, 2024
Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. The problem is that courts have made it virtually impossible to use this claim to dismiss counts. District Court Judge Cormac J. Consider a few other recent cases.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 3, 2020
We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer.
JURIST
AUGUST 12, 2022
According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Police officer Thomas Robertson Thursday was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his participation in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.
The Crime Report
APRIL 27, 2022
Engoron added to his legal problems by holding the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking records, and assessed him a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfies the requirements of the court. Our 45 th president is no stranger to the courts. On Monday, Judge Arthur F.
The Crime Report
JULY 22, 2021
Often it’s to ensure fairer and more responsive treatment at the hands of a justice system that otherwise offers them few other options, says a Rutgers University law professor. Each type has a long-term corrosive impact on the justice system, even if defendants use them to mitigate court processes that otherwise harm their case.
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