JURIST
AUGUST 12, 2022
The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Fifty-five people have been charged to date with crimes related to the attack on the US Capitol. The indictments against Robertson matched those against Guy Revitt , sentenced just days earlier on August 1.
JonathanTurley
MAY 13, 2021
That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. Media reports state that she previously worked as a deputy in the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia and was indicted in January 2017 for allegedly hacking into another policeman’s phone.
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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. For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.”
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. The 2017 cases include a Georgia company that is likely to conclude that no good deed goes unpunished. The TOYO Tire plant arranged for a catered Thanksgiving celebration over two days in White, Georgia. Source: CBS. __.
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. Price is shown in a video boasting of his own registration in Georgia at the home of his brother and encouraging others to do the same. I’m doing that.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
In Georgia, a slew of former lawyers are taking pleas with promises to testify if called. Powell pleaded to misdemeanors for a deal that avoids jail time and preserves her ability to resume the practice of law. That long-held journalistic view is now a viable criminal defense.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 23, 2023
Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. For example, Georgia’s Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is investigating Trump over the 2020 election; the case has some major evidentiary and legal issues to overcome in any trial — but Trump could well be indicted.
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