Page 27: Everett Catts | Legal News Coverage

October 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Fifth Third Bank Sues Customer for Alleged Nonpayment of $4K Credit Card Bill

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

By ALM Staff

1 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Judge Declines to Freeze Law to Discipline Prosecutor, Suggesting She Will Reject Challenge

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Friday denied a request for an injunction by four district attorneys who have sued to overturn the commission, arguing that it unconstitutionally infringes on their power.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Bail Bondsman Charged Alongside Trump in Ga. Becomes First Defendant to Take a Plea Deal

As part of the deal, Scott Hall will receive five years of probation and agreed to testify in further proceedings.

By Kate Brumback / The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Republicans Suspend State Senator Who Wants to Impeach DA for Indicting Trump

The caucus announced Thursday that it was indefinitely suspending state Sen. Colton Moore of Trenton, who represents a district in Georgia's northwest corner.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Hip-hop on Trial: When Can Rappers' Lyrics Be Used as Evidence in a Criminal Case?

Lawyers have used rappers' lyrics as evidence in criminal cases since shortly after the rise of gangsta rap in the late 1980s.

By Taifha Natalee Alexander

6 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Trump Won't Try to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court After Judge Rejected Similar Bid by Meadows

The notice, filed in state court in Atlanta by Trump's defense attorney, expressed confidence in how Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will handle the trial, but may have also reflected the difficulties that other defendants have had in trying to move their cases to federal court.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Teen Testifies About Boy's Death and Firearms Training at New Mexico Compound

Details about the last moments of Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj's life were laid out in testimony Wednesday in a trial that centers on accusations of kidnapping and terrorism.

By Susan Montoya Bryan | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Lawyer, Law Firms Honored for Work With Crime Victims, in Civil Rights

The Bondurant Mixson & Elmore and Caplan Cobb firms were among those honored at the ACLU of Georgia's 60th anniversary celebration Thursday, and attorney Mel Hewitt received the 2023 Georgia Crime Victim Services Collaborative and Innovative Project Award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) for his work with Marsy's Law for Georgia.

By Everett Catts

3 minute read