Georgia Crimes

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Daily Report covers “Not Guilty” verdicts for doctor in prescription drug case

January 22, 2012

Page Pate recently won a criminal trial for a doctor who had been charged with unlawful distribution of controlled substances by “issuing” pre-signed blank prescriptions. The case had already been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court prior to trial. It raised a number of difficult legal issues concerning the interpretation of Georgia statutes and the […]

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Can I Get Off Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry?

August 10, 2011

Yes, it is possible to get off Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry. Our firm has helped dozens of people get their name removed from this list so they can get back to their lives without the unnecessary burdens placed on them by restrictive and inflexible sex offender laws. It’s not automatic or easy, and it certainly […]

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Child pornography arrests skyrocket as penalties grow harsher

February 17, 2011

In the past five years, the number of prosecutions for child pornography has increased by nearly 40 percent as the sentences doled out by judges have become more severe. In recent years, however, many legal scholars and some judges have begun to question the wisdom of such harsh sentences. The dramatic upswing in cases began […]

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Khat drug arrest in North Georgia

August 20, 2010

A Stone Mountain man was arrested last week in Bartow County after a traffic stop yielded 400 bundles of a drug known as khat. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force believes that the value of the drugs may exceed $250,000. Police found the drugs after pulling over Hussein Dahir […]

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Internet “sextortion” cases grow in Georgia and across the nation

August 20, 2010

Police have begun cracking down on individuals who use Facebook and MySpace to extort or blackmail others for explicit photos and sex. The practice, known as “sextortion”, has led to prison sentences in Georgia and throughout the US. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. Those involved in sextortion cases are usually teenagers and young […]

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