Kate Brumback

March 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The trial court was wrong to admit the policy into evidence without identifying and redacting the portions that conflict with Georgia law, state Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman wrote in a unanimous opinion Tuesday.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The judge quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, but left in place other counts—including 10 facing Trump—and said prosecutors could seek a new indictment to try to reinstate the ones he dismissed.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

5 minute read

March 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A critical juncture in Fani Willis's tenure as district attorney is expected to come by the end of this week. That's when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has said he expects to rule on the efforts to oust her from the election case.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In April 2021, the state attorney general's office entered into an agreementto suspend executions for certain prisoners and to establish conditions under which they could resume.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Answering questions under oath for 3½ hours Wednesday, attorney Ashleigh Merchant ended up retreading much of the ground that had been covered in court. Unencumbered by objections from prosecutors and the frustrations of questioning a reluctant witness, she recounted how her investigation unfolded and the evidence she had gathered.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and other defendants say the DA paid the special prosecutor large sums for his work and then improperly benefited when he paid for vacations for the two of them.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A relationship between the DA and a special prosecutor was first exposed in a motion filed by an attorney for a co-defendant in a sweeping case against former President Donald Trump that sought to have the indictment dismissed and to bar the DA and special prosecutor and their offices from continuing to prosecute the case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The condemned man would the first person executed in Georgia since January 2020. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, executions were effectively halted for a certain group of people on Georgia's death row by an agreement between their attorneys and the state.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Special prosecutor Nathan Wade's former law partner and onetime divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley, cited attorney-client privilege in refusing to answer most questions during an extraordinary two-day evidentiary hearing earlier this month that thrust the prosecutors' private lives into the spotlight. But Judge Scott McAfee said some of Bradley's communications with Wade were not subject to privilege, according to multiple attorneys.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

February 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Location data—disclosed in a court filing by former President Donald Trump's attorneys—shows prosecutor Nathan Wade had visited the neighborhood south of Atlanta where DA Fani Willis lived at least 35 times during the first 11 months of 2021, an investigator said. Wade had testified that he had been there fewer than 10 times before he was hired as special prosecutor in November 2021.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

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