13 year old suspended after accidentally bringing knife to school
A middle school student in Georgia was suspended after telling his teacher he accidentally brought a small knife to school.The 13-year-old boy is serving a four-day, in-school suspension because he found a small pocket knife inside this backpack that he got as a gift for Christmas. His aunt bought the bag at a yard sale. The boy brought the knife to school by accident and reported it immediately to a teacher.
MOTHER TRIES TO STOP GENITAL MUTILATION OF DAUGHTERA mother facing deportation feared she would be beaten or killed for trying to stop her daughter from genital mutilation in Senegal. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit directed the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider the mother’s application to stay in the United States.
MARQUEL'S PLEDGE
MARQUEL’S PLEDGE is a community campaign to reduce celebratory gunfire in DeKalb County and throughout Georgia. This initiative was conceived following the death of Marquel Peters on New Year's Day 2010. As he sat next to his mother, 4-year-old Marquel Peters was struck and killed in church by a bullet believed to have been fired by a New Year’s Eve reveler. The stray bullet came through the roof of the sanctuary of the Church of God of Prophecy and struck Marquel in the top of his head.
14 Year Old Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison No Parole: Cruel and Unusual?A defendant who at age 14 attacked and robbed a woman stealing her car and money from her purse claimed that the 30 year prison sentence without parole he received was cruel and unusual. Middleton v. State, A11A1558.
FIRST OFFENDER PLEAS LIMITED The Georgia Court of Appeals has limited the circumstances under which a defendant can plead guilty under the First Offender Act. In Higdon v. State, A11A0926, the Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s decision which refused to accept a defendant’s guilty plea under the First Offender Act to more than one case at the same time.
““one occasion” of first offender treatment means in a single prosecution of related offenses.” Judge Gary Andrews, Georgia Court of Appeals
Convictions Reversed in Drug Dog CasesThe Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of two defendants because the police unlawfully prolonged a traffic stop in order to have a drug dog come to the scene and sniff around the car. Dominguez v. State, A11A0328; Nunnally v. State, A11A0729. An officer’s purpose in an ordinary traffic stop is to enforce the laws of the roadway, and ordinarily to investigate the manner of driving with the intent to issue a citation or warning. A traffic stop that is justified solely by the interest in issuing a warning or traffic ticket to the driver can become unlawful if it is prolonged beyond the time necessary to complete that mission. Salmeron v. State, 280 Ga. 735 (2006).
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