By R.J. Rico | The Associated Press | September 14, 2023
U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen ruled that he does not have the authority to force the city of Atlanta to begin processing the tens of thousands of signatures that were handed in Monday by "Stop Cop City" activists, explaining that he cannot intervene while a larger dispute over the effort is awaiting input from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 14, 2023
The filings are part of the legal maneuvering as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to try all 19 defendants together starting next month. Most of the defendants have sought to separate their cases from some or all of the others.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 14, 2023
Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro had filed demands for a speedy trial, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set their trial to begin Oct. 23. Trump and other defendants had asked to be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, with some saying they could not be ready by the late October trial date.
By Brian Lee | September 13, 2023
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | September 13, 2023
"To avoid constitutional vagueness concerns in the circumstances of this honest services fraud case, the government should be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an elected official explicitly agreed to take a particular official act because he was paid for outside employment," former City Councilmember Bobby Henon argues in the appellate brief.
By Andrew Denney | September 13, 2023
David Patton's track record before juries in federal courtrooms in Manhattan and Brooklyn helped secure his new private-sector job, Kaplan Hecker name partner Roberta Kaplan said.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 13, 2023
Holding several lengthy trials instead would "create an enormous strain on the judicial resources" of the county superior court and would randomly favor the defendants tried later, who would have the advantage of seeing the state's evidence and arguments ahead of time, prosecutors wrote.
Daily Report Online | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Jonathan Nash | September 13, 2023
President Donald Trump's former chief of staff has already appealed U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones's decision to deny his request to remove the criminal charges against him in the Georgia state election-fraud case from Fulton County Superior Court to federal court. And appeal he should have: An attempt to remove a criminal prosecution under the federal officer removal statute is rare, and the proper standard is elusive.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 12, 2023
A neurologist and neuropsychologist both testified on Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles that Tom Girardi had significantly declined mentally over the past two years.
By Jane Wester | September 12, 2023
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres took the guilty plea from ex-lawyer John Roesser, who was a partner at a series of major firms.
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