If a state senator socks another in the jaw during an intense debate on the chamber floor, there’s nothing prosecutors can do about it. That’s the argument of lawyers for indicted Sen. Don Balfour.
Balfour, a Snellville Republican and Waffle House executive, isn’t charged with assault, but the hypothetical scenario arose during a hearing Friday in Fulton County Superior Court as his attorneys sought to quash the 18-count indictment against him.
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