WHAT IS A MISTRIAL?

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. Sir Winston Churchill. I have mentioned in the past that preparing for trial is similar to preparing for a football game. The players are ready. The game plan is strategically formed. Everyone is counting down to kickoff....

LAWYERING CAN BE DANGEROUS WORK

I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer. Adolf Hitler. Since the day the concept of “lawyer” came into being, many in the public have viewed lawyers in a negative light. Hundreds of thousands of lawyer jokes have been told...

NO ONE LIMITS HALEY

Telling a child that he or she is limited in what they can do in life is committing a crime of the highest order. West Georgia resident. People never expected Haley Moss to be able to handle a minimum wage job. Though, people can oftentimes be wrong. When Haley was...

CREATIVE SENTENCING

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by prior belief. Gerry Spence. One undeniable truth is that the dynamics in every criminal case are different. That is one of the reasons I love my job so much. In the last decade, Georgia has led the way in...