by Jason Swindle | Mar 13, 2015 | Articles
The government is cracking down on the illegal possession of legal drugs. I first noticed this when recently the class of drugs including Hydrocodone was moved from a Schedule III Controlled Substance to a Schedule II. Schedule II Controlled Substances are heavily...
by Jason Swindle | Mar 8, 2015 | Articles
Constitutional scholars and other protectors of the 2nd Amendment are trying to block a proposed ban on certain kinds of bullets by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) The BATFE, also known as the ATF, is a federal agency that primarily...
by Jason Swindle | Feb 24, 2015 | Articles
There is a reason that Brutus and Cassius were placed in the lowest depths of the Inferno in Dante’s Inferno. They are punished in this poem for their assassination of Julius Caesar during the Ides of March (44 B.C.). Julius Caesar was the founder of the Roman...
by Jason Swindle | Feb 20, 2015 | Articles
MY INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE TRAVIS SAKRISON. On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to interview the newest and 7th superior court judge of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, Travis Sakrison. Last year, the General Assembly recognized that with the steady growth in our population,...
by Jason Swindle | Feb 10, 2015 | Articles
Over the years, Georgia and the federal government have passed more sentencing laws that require a judge to sentence a defendant to at least a certain number of years for a particular offense. This is called a mandatory minimum sentence (MMS). The best example of this...
by Jason Swindle | Feb 3, 2015 | Articles
One of the most asked questions by my DUI clients is “Why did I receive two citations for DUI when I was only arrested once?” On its face, this does not make sense. However, in Georgia, there are generally two ways a driver can be in violation of driving...
by Jason Swindle | Jan 31, 2015 | Articles
Head of State Public Defender Agency Named Judge in Coweta The head of Georgia’s indigent criminal defense system is set to become the newest Superior Court judge in the Coweta Circuit.W. Travis Sakrison, who has been executive director of the Georgia Public...
by Jason Swindle | Jan 29, 2015 | Articles
I recently had an opportunity to interview the newest judge in the west Georgia area; Judge Meng Lim. I have known Lim since I started practicing law in 2003. He has always been professional, knowledgeable, and possessed a strong desire to serve people. He was also...
by Jason Swindle | Jan 24, 2015 | Articles
The majority of Georgians have never been arrested for a crime. Therefore, the issue of “bonding out of jail” has probably not come to the attention of most people in our community. However, there are thousands of Georgians who have had to deal with having...
by Jason Swindle | Jan 16, 2015 | Articles
I just finished the book “Unbroken.” Unbelievable. After reading the story, which was partly about the horrific war crimes committed by the soldiers of the Japanese Empire during WWII, I was interested in looking into America’s role in prosecuting...
