Criminal Law Felony Georgia Lawyer 
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.
The Crime Report
JULY 22, 2021
Often it’s to ensure fairer and more responsive treatment at the hands of a justice system that otherwise offers them few other options, says a Rutgers University law professor. For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.”
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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.
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.” 18, 2020, meeting when two lawyers seemed close to a physical altercation. Trump is in trouble.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 21, 2023
Bragg is attempting something that many lawyers think is as improbable as the reanimation of the dead. The Justice Department itself declined this prosecution and both the former chair of the Federal Election Commission and various election law experts have thrown shade on the theory.
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