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Who Can Apply for a Sentence Reduction Under the Recent “Drugs Minus Two” Federal Sentencing Guideline Amendment?

July 29, 2014
Only July 18, 2014, the United States Sentencing Commission unanimously voted to make a recent amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines retroactive. The amendment was a significant change to the drug quantity table in §2D1.1 that the Sentencing Commission unanimously approved in April. Generally, the “Drugs Minus Two” amendment reduces the base offense level by […]

What is “Child Cruelty” under Georgia Law?

June 27, 2014
There have been two recent high-profile arrests in Georgia where parents have been charged with child cruelty. Justin Ross Harris is currently in custody at the Cobb County Detention Center on charges of second degree child cruelty and felony murder for leaving his son in a hot car. Just yesterday, Recardo and Therian Wimbush were […]

Polygraph Evidence in Georgia Criminal Cases: Is it Admissible in Court?

July 17, 2013
False accusations occur every day in the State of Georgia and across the country.  In many false allegation cases, only the accused and the alleged victim know what really occurred, and the outcome of the case may depend entirely on the credibility of the witnesses.  A polygraph, or lie detector test, conducted by a respected […]

Defending Georgia Drug Trafficking Cases by Winning Motions to Suppress Evidence

July 13, 2013
One of the most powerful tools a criminal defense lawyer has in a drug trafficking or possession case is the motion to suppress evidence.  Motions to suppress evidence are based on the idea that law enforcement has violated an individual’s Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures or some other right […]

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