Associated Press

September 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

If West and De la Cruz are disqualified, Georgia voters would have the choice of four presidential candidates—Harris for the Democrats, Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Chase Oliver and the Green Party's Jill Stein.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 24, 2024 | The Recorder

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was previously out on $1 million bail. He is charged with the murder of his wife last year and has pleaded not guilty.

By Amy Taxin/The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the Muscogee Nation's appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the casino's construction. The lawsuit also names federal officials and the university that performed archeology work at the site.

By Graham Lee Brewer and Kim Chandler | The Associated Press

7 minute read

September 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

It could determine the fate of thousands of votes that could otherwise be canceled in the Nov. 5 election, when Pennsylvania is considered a critical state in the presidential contest.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

At the center of the case is the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has provided bail money and helped find attorneys for arrested protesters of the city of Atlanta's proposed police and fire training center.

By R.J. Rico | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia is one of several states where Democrats and allied groups have filed challenges to third-party and independent candidates.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

District attorneys "have a huge amount of discretion to make decisions about what cases to pursue," criminal defense attorney Don Samuel said. "The notion that we're going to start prosecuting DAs for prosecuting or not prosecuting strikes me as really being on the edge of propriety."

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

6 minute read

September 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Jones was one of 16 state Republicans who met at the Georgia Capitol in December 2020 to sign a certificate stating that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state's "duly elected and qualified" electors even though Democrat Joe Biden had been declared the state's winner.

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Republican-led committee was formed to look into allegations of "misconduct" against the elected Democrat, with regard to her prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others over their efforts to overturn the 2020 election loss in Georgia.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Still undecided by the state Supreme Court is a request by the man to postpone his death so his lawyers can argue his co-defendant lied about having a deal to avoid the death penalty or a life sentence in exchange for testifying that he pulled the trigger to kill a clerk after she struggled to open the safe in a store they were robbing in 1997.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

5 minute read