Criminal defense encompasses a wide range of crimes from petty theft to white collar crime to sex trafficking. The laws surrounding these categories are ever-changing and with new cases becoming decided every day that affect the current rules, it can be difficult to stay on top of everything.
That is why Richard Lawson has established this blog; to keep you informed on the most recent changes in criminal defense law and criminal defense related news. Our goal is to keep the public information about the latest news and legal decisions. Oftentimes the changes in criminal law can be so subtle that the public doesn't even notice how it will affect them or they can't understand the legal jargon. We will provide with the breakdown of how new laws directly affect you! Furthermore, if you have any questions, please comment on the blog post and someone will respond to you shortly. Our blog and website are updated daily so you will have the most recent decisions available to you. All of our articles are written by Georgia Criminal Defense Attorneys that work for our firm or affiliates.
Knowledge is power and this blog is designed to help give you the knowledge to navigate the criminal justice system. Our goal is for you to be as informed as possible on crimes, legal news, and what defenses apply to your case in order for you to successful. Please let us know if we can be of assistance in any way and take advantage of all the resources we have on our website.
If you have any questions or feel like you need more information about a criminal law topic, please reach out to us. We feel that it is up the upmost importance that you learn about the laws in Georgia and more importantly, that you understand them. After reading through our blogs, please browse through our all inclusive list of crimes in Georgia. There you will find recent case law, how to best defend against each crime, and a detailed explanation of what exactly the statute is saying.
Joseph Peardon and Brandy Gordon of Floyd County are facing allegations of child abuse that ranged from March of 2016 to October of this year. Their child was admitted to a children's hospital in Atlanta with serious medical issues. According to reports, they allegedly deprived the child of foo...
A Forsyth County high school experienced a dangerous incident this past week. Two seniors, both 17 years old, were arrested on property after allegedly attacking another student. According to reports, the two boys attacked an older student in the boys' locker room around 9:00 AM on November 13th...
Kenneth Harp, a Cobb County man, has been arrested after being accused of emailing threats to the Cobb County Sheriff, CIA, NSA, Hamas, and Hillary Clinton. Harp is currently being held at the Cobb County jail on charges of felony terroristic threats. As a Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney, I w...
Samuel Little, a 78-year-old man from Taylor County, is a convicted murderer in the states of Texas and California. However, he has recently been making confessions in prison according to reports. Little has confessed to killing more than 90 people across the country spanning a time period of 56...
Coweta County experienced a terrifying car theft on Sunday night. Sydni Anglin called 911 when she discovered that her vehicle had been stolen from a gas station. To make matters worse, her daughter and her dog were still inside the vehicle when it was stolen. Fortunately, later that night, the...
According to reports, Clarke County bus monitor, Holly Sewell, has been arrested after allegedly verbally and physically attacking two elementary school students on a bus. Sewell was fired after the Athens Banner-Herald reported that there had been physical contact between her and two special ne...
Four teenagers have been indicted on almost 50 different charges based on an alleged crime spree in Fulton County that lasted almost a month in 2017. They have been accused of being involved in at least two different homicides, a few different carjackings, and nine armed robberies. They have also...
A mother in Cobb County, was arrested this past week after a stranger found her 2-year-old son wandering around outside in the apartment complex in 30 degree weather. The witness found him crying and shivering and then called the police. Police reported that the mother had purposely left her ch...
According to reports, a man was shot and killed in a NW Atlanta Park last Saturday. Apparently, police are reporting the shooting as an act of self defense by another individual. The deceased allegedly got into an argument and subsequently a physical fight with another man. As a Georgia Crimina...
Two men have been accused of performing a carjacking in Midtown Atlanta late last night. One man has been arrested, and the other is still sought after by the Atlanta Police Department. According to reports, the carjacking occurred near the intersection of Spring Street and 10th Street. The inc...
Part-time judge and attorney in Walton County, George Jeffery, has been accused of 12 different charges involving the sexual exploitation of children. Each charge involves a different crime. So, as a Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer, I will outline the offense so as to spread some light as to what...
Coweta County officers are still on the lookout for two men who have been accused of stealing at least 70 cartons of cigarettes off of a supply truck at a local Chevron gas station. According to the security tapes, two men pulled up in a silver sedan. One man started a conversation with the truc...
Justus Hughley has been arrested on charges of computer theft for setting up a fraudulent GoFundMe account for a Pike County football player who died after going into cardiac arrest from a brain injury during a game last month. According to reports, Hughley used a bank account in another state i...
According to reports, a gunman shot the door open during closing at the Ross Department Store in John's Creek last week. The caller said to 911, “The dude just shot the door open! Can you please send the police?” He apparently confronted an employee who had the deposit in the bag during closing...
Two teenagers are facing charges connected with a fire that destroyed a vacant building in an apartment complex in Clayton County. According to reports, there were witnesses that saw what they described as suspicious activity involving two juveniles in the complex before the fire started. The C...
A Paulding County man is facing a lot of different charges. Michael Diaz was first arrested at the beginning of October on the following charges: Burglary in Georgia False Imprisonment in Georgia And Criminal Trespass in Georgia. According to police, he was released on bond last Friday. T...
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit worked with the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in an operation formally titled “Operation Paladin.” Twenty men ranging from 20 to 50 year old were arrested for different offenses, but mostly fo...
The Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad of Cherokee County searched a motel room in Woodstock and discovered 15 grams of heroin, 5.1 grams of methamphetamine, 75 Xanax tablets, 38 hydrocodone tablets and 5 buprenorphine tablets. After testing, the results showed that the heroin was laced with high amou...
Released patient, Ivan Boyd, made threats to other patients and occupants of Emory Decatur Hospital over the weekend. He called 911, according to reports, and told the dispatcher that he would shoot anyone who came near him. After a 3-hour SWAT lockdown, officers found Boyd unresponsive in the b...
According to reports, a domestic dispute in Cobb County ended with the stabbing of one individual with a kitchen knife and the arrest of the other individual. As of right now, investigations are still ongoing. Although, no charges have been released yet, one of the charges faced will most like...
17-year-old, Japorcha Wilson, was reported missing last Thursday after being seen with two men at a home on Booker Street in SW Atlanta. Atlanta Police thought she might have been kidnapped by the two men. However, Wilson was located last night, and investigators are working with her to determi...
A citizen of Hall County, Rose Lynn Becker, is facing several different felony charges after a 911 call from a credit union employee. During the report, the employee proclaimed that Becker was cashing a fraudulent check. Officers then attempted to pull Becker over. When she refused, officers cha...
Mark Allen Reasey was convicted today in court in Newton County of two counts of aggravated child molestation and two counts of child molestation. No details about the specific charges were provided, but Reasey will be sentenced later in November. As a Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer, I will fo...
Equawn Marshall , a 16-year-old boy from Atlanta, has been arrested for driving a stolen vehicle into Cobb County Deputy David Corish. Corish was monitoring an area just off of the Marietta Square when he saw a vehicle that resembled one reported stolen out of Atlanta. Two individuals got out o...
Rickey Kilgore has been charged after an alleged shootout Monday at a Paulding County mobile home. Earlier this week, deputies responded to a shooting in progress involving multiple people. Kilgore had a verbal confrontation outside the home with two people. According to reports, Kilgore went i...
The time is now to start preparing your defense! Many times people lose the opportunity to put on their best defense because they wait. The importance of hiring a lawyer from the very beginning cannot be overstated! Waiting allows for witnesses to leave the area, evidence to be lost, and memories to fade. All of these have a direct effect on the successful on your case. The time to begin your case and start prepping your defense is now! Contact us today to put on your best Georgia criminal defense!
