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Excited to have our own ADA Jessica Haygood attend this valuable training at the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to help prosecute animal cruelty crimes!

We are thankful for quality training opportunities offered right here in Georgia. Earlier this week, one our Victim Advocates Bonita Lynn attended an updated Court School for Advocates led by Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia’s Sharla Jackson who is the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Prosecutor. #towaligajudicialcircuit #pacga #towaligadistrictattorney

We recently had an individual ask what the “plain view doctrine” means. The plain view doctrine is a term applied to law enforcement or other government agent allowing an exception to an individual’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures. The US Supreme Court ruled in Coolidge v New Hampshire law enforcement officers may seize evidence found in plain…

We are excited to have two new ADAs, Rita Lewis and Brandi Holland, join our team. Rita brings over 20 years of experience in prosecution and is based in the Butts County office. Brandi is a relatively new prosecutor but brings a lot of new energy to the Monroe County office.

In our fourth trial this month, Assistant District Attorneys Dorothy Hull and Leslie Tilson worked hard with Forsyth Police Officers Kimberly Barnett and Richard Maddox to secure a guilty verdict in their Aggravated Assault case. The defendant beat the victim with a golf club at the Forsyth City Golf Course. The victim found himself in the rough with several broken…