The State of Georgia has passed legislation, effective May 6, 2013 , that makes it illegal to charge a fee to remove booking photographs of exonerated people from websites. Please see http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/display/20132014/HB/150 I can’t tell you how many clients have called me and said that prospective employers saw their mugshot…
I hear this question often. The problem is that once you are charged with some sort of domestic violence charge, you are now facing charges from the State, not the alleged victim. As a result, your spouse cannot simply “drop the charges” and the case will go away. Even if…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 26,2013 in Florida v. Jardines (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-564_5426.pdf ) that the use of a drug-sniffing dog to investigate the front door of a home was a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Thankfully, the Supreme Court ruled this way – or we’d have…
LEGAL BATTLES ON TWO FRONTS WHEN CRIMINAL LAW AND CIVIL LAW COLLIDE Throughout human history, military planners have obsessed over one of the greatest military challenges their nation could face against an enemy: the two front war. That is, where their nation was attacked by enemies on two geographically separate…
On January 28, 2013, the United States Atttorneys Office for the Northern District of Georgia published a “press release” describing how four people were arrested “for operating a Pill Mill”. See www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2013/01-28-13.html And on February 11, 2013, HB 178 passed a key House committee in Georgia. It aims to put…
Criminal Defense Attorney Meg Strickler comments on the murder trial of Jodi Arias.
John McAfee’s legal situation has dramatically improved now that he has returned to the United States. As of the date of this blog, he is safer in the states than anywhere else. He fled Belize, snuck into Guatemala, and just came to the United States, after he was forcefully put…
Atlanta and Manhattan criminal defense attorney Meg Strickler is quoted in The Daily Beast, Newsweek magazine’s online website, discussing Micah Moore’s confession of murdering a prayer group leader’s wife, Bethany Deaton. www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/30/a-confession-to-murder-quickly-withdrawn-rocks-religious-community.html
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-15/gupta-s-admirers-urge-mercy-as-insider-sentence-nears.html The sentencing phase of a criminal trial is very important. It is always a good idea to get letters to give to the judge to influence his or her opinion as to what sentence to impose.