The state’s elder crimes law cannot be used to prosecute two metro Atlanta attorneys and a Marietta man for alleged crimes, nearly a decade old, against an international gun manufacturer and its 83-year-old founder, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Monday.
The high court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s elder crimes law, which extends from four to 15 years the statute of limitations for prosecuting property crimes if the victims are aged 65 and older. Under the elder crimes law, unlike other property crimes, the statute of limitations also does not begin running until law enforcement authorities are notified of an alleged crime rather than when victims first discover it.
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