Attorney Criminal Law Felony Georgia 
JURIST
AUGUST 12, 2022
Attorney Matthew M. David Moerschel, 43, of Tampa, Florida, and Brian Ulrich, 43, of Guyton, Georgia, are similarly charged with federal offenses that include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds.
JonathanTurley
MAY 26, 2021
We previously discussed how prosecutors in North Carolina, Georgia, Oregon, and other states have dismissed or downgraded many rioting cases, including cases of individuals who destroyed statues in broad daylight. The seven defendants were charged with felony counts of damaging property worth over $1,000.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
In the Georgia trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Judge Timothy Walmsley delivered a haymaker to the defense on the very eve of closing statements. The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. Here is the prior law: O.C.G.A.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 18, 2024
Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. District Attorney Fani Willis had described Wade as “ a Southern gentleman. It is the smell of not just selective prosecution but political bias in our legal system.
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. It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer.
The Crime Report
APRIL 27, 2022
The list of civil cases includes the ongoing investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James into whether he falsely inflated the value of his assets in annual financial statements. However, after a lifetime of crime, corruption, and impunity, the criminal law may finally be catching up with the Houdini of white-collar crime.
JonathanTurley
JULY 21, 2022
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe said the question was only what would be charged first, since Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That again is outrageous and reckless, but not necessarily criminal. Trump is in trouble.
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