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05/25/2026

⚖️ The Monday Summation: May 25, 2026

While most were resting, the North Georgia legal system was moving. From the gold dome to the jailhouse, here is what’s happening in our backyard.

🚨YOUNG THUG JUDGE LOSES BID FOR RE-ELECTION
Judge Paige Reese Whitaker, who took over the internationally watched Young Thug RICO trial, has lost her seat on the Fulton County Superior Court. She lost by 3300 votes. She was a great judge. Her replacement is an Assistant District Attorney. Boo.

🏆 HO***RS & BANKRUPTCY
While I don’t practice Bankruptcy law, Ho***rs is trying to get out of it and rebrand. Into a family-friendly restaurant!

📜 IN THE LEGISLATURE
Georgia House Bill 1009 was signed by Governor Kemp. No more cell phones in school. HB 1009 establishes a strict "bell-to-bell" ban on the use of personal electronic devices (such as smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, e-readers, and headphones) for public school students during the school day. The law does not outline specific statutory fines or criminal penalties for students. Instead, it mandates that local school systems enforce compliance through their own student codes of conduct using progressive consequences (warnings, suspension, etc.)

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05/20/2026

4th amendment suppression hearings—wherein the Prosecutor always has the same arguments.

05/19/2026

Courthouse drama. Who wants to be an attorney? 🤣😀

05/13/2026

Working out, eating right. 😁

05/07/2026

14u game in Starkville. Both the umpire and the coach (a Lieutenant at the police department) were arrested. Eek! Are you a parent-yeller at a kids game?

05/04/2026

Bad Troopers. Fired Troopers. They used a PIT maneuver, then sued to collect on their "injuries."

The PIT for Pay Scandal: Why Georgia State Patrol Fired Its Own For Collecting $$ through a Scam!

05/04/2026

4/27/2026
Good morning! It is Monday (again)! :)
Here is your "Monday Summation" of the legal news and court updates for the Forsyth County area and beyond.

🚨DEATH PENALTY
The Trump administration is adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas as federal ex*****on options. Apparently, the drug cocktail for lethal injection is too expensive and harder to find. The DOJ says these added ways to execute people will SPEED up the process.

🏆 PIT FOR PAY UPDATE - 4 TROOPERS FIRED - HEAR WHY!
This latest scandal at the Georgia State Patrol got even more interesting. The internal affairs department conducted its own investigation. My take on it is in the comments, and you can WATCH the interview!

📜 IN THE GORGIA SUPREME COURT
Voting for the next Georgia Supreme Court Justice is ongoing. Here are my picks! Charlie Bethel, Sarah Hawkins Warren.

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04/27/2026

April 27, 2026
Do your time with GeorgiaCrime.
Last week's legal news:

🚨 MACHINE GUNS
The federal ban on machine guns has been affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. The court's ruling states that the Second Amendment does not extend protection to the ownership of fully automatic weapons or conversion devices that enable semi-automatic fi****ms to function as machine guns. In English, this means machine guns are still illegal.

🏆 DEFENSE WINS
US Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding cost overruns at the Fed's headquarters, finding no evidence of wrongdoing. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro closed the probe after months of scrutiny, though the case could be reopened if new evidence emerges.

📜 IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court is set to hear Chatrie v. United States on Monday, April 27. This pivotal case concerns police access to geofence data, which records a person's digital location. The Court's decision could either fundamentally reshape Fourth Amendment law for the digital era or offer only a minor adjustment to current rules. Furthermore, the Court will either approve or restrict "reverse" searches, a crucial modern investigative technique. Regardless of the specific outcome, this is the most significant digital privacy case the Court has considered in years.

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04/21/2026

There is an exciting new bill that passed the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives regarding the First Offender Act. Currently, first offender cases get sealed after a client completes their sentence, BUT this new legislation will automatically seal records at the beginning of sentencing—the moment you enter a plea. This modernizes Georgia law and makes it easier to hide your criminal arrest and give you a 2nd chance at life. I’m waiting for Governor Kemp to sign it by July 1st. If you have a first offender case that isn’t sealed, contact me to get it sealed once this law passes.

04/20/2026

4/20/2026
⚖️ DO YOUR TIME WITH GEORGIACRIME ⚖️
Every Monday, get a Monday summation of the past week's legal news and issues. This weekend, people in North Georgia went from their living rooms to jail cells. But others? They walked out of courtrooms holding "Not Guilty" verdict forms. I’m breaking down the biggest legal shakeups from the past week—including the GSP "Trooper Scandal" and a new laws that could clean up your criminal record:

🚩 THE "DIRTY TROOPERS" SCANDAL
Investigators found Georgia State Patrol Troopers were allegedly falsifying injury reports during pursuits to qualify for supplemental insurance checks. The troopers were allegedly using the Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) during high-speed chases to intentionally create personal injury claims against the fleeing drivers' insurance companies. They would send their crash reports to a specific attorney who would then file claims for insurance settlements. So far, the claims total approximately $75,000! Unreal!

🏆 BIG CASE TO WATCH
Colin Gray, the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooting suspect, is scheduled to be sentenced on July 28 and 29, 2026, at the Barrow County Courthouse. He's facing 180 years in prison. His son, the actual shooter, is undergoing a competency evaluation (routinely done in murder cases), and has a status hearing scheduled in May, 2026. I'll be watching and updating you!

📜 CLEANING UP YOUR RECORD
House Bill 162: First Offender Act Modernization: This bill requires court records to be restricted and sealed at the time of sentencing for First Offender Act (FOA) cases, ensuring that the "private" nature of the case is protected from the start.

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