Howard Law Group Blog

• Rules of Evidence and how they apply
  Apr 2, 2016
  O.C.G.A 15-11-17 B of the new juvenile code State's except as otherwise provided, all hearings shall be conducted in accordance with title 24. In all ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• Jury charges are important to your defense
  Apr 1, 2016
  Harmful error in giving erroneous charges Generally speaking, it is reversible error to misstate the law that must be applied by the jury. In the ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• Presentence Hearing and what I should know.
  Mar 27, 2016
  Rules of evidence apply to presentence hearings except that hearsay character evidence shall be admissible. However, the rules are more rigorously ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• Hearsay evidence in a motion for new trial
  Mar 27, 2016
  Hearing on motion for new trial and the need to call witnesses for that hearing. Most of the issues raised in a motion for new trial do not entail any ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• Can the officer admit hearsay evidence at a motion to suppress hearing?
  Mar 27, 2016
  Rules of evidence except those with respect to privileges do not apply to motions to suppress. Preliminary fact questions at a suppression hearing are ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• The Preliminary hearing is a critical stage in the criminal case.
  Mar 27, 2016
  I have a preliminary hearing what am I to expect? To get a preliminary hearing you first must be in custody and the case cannot be indicted or ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• ALS HEARING | Paulding County criminal defense lawyer
  Nov 1, 2015
  In the State of Georgia, Administrative License Suspension Hearings, or (ALS hearings), refers to a license suspension prosecution from the Georgia ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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• Does putting pennies in my mouth help me if Im being pulled over for DUI?
  Nov 1, 2015
  Does stuffing pennies in my mouth help reduce the amount of alcohol that shows up on a test? In college I believe and I had heard the rumor that if ...
  Posted By Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
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