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Court affirms murder convictions in two Augusta homicides

The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed the murder convictions in two unrelated Augusta homicides.In separate opinions released Monday, the state's highest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-18/court-affirms-murder-c
New Augusta traffic bureau proposed

...office, which recently requested additional funding to cover attorneys required after a recent opinion from the Georgia Supreme Court."In the criminal system, you have to give everybody every constitutional right that they're allowed," Slaby...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-12/new-augusta-traffic-bu
Aiken County lawyer disbarred in Georgia for misdemeanors

...into the Richmond County jail has been disbarred from practicing law in Georgia.In a ruling filed June 3, the Georgia Supreme Court disbarred Sidney "Chuck" Jones, 59, of Graniteville, after he admitted to smuggling tobacco to a Richmond...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-10/aiken-county-lawyer-di
About 1 in 3 Ga. charter schools outscored districts

...students, said Commission Chairman Charles Knapp.Plus, he noted, they were all in turmoil over a decision by the Georgia Supreme Court that invalidated the law that created the schools, which was later addressed by the constitutional amendment.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-30/about-1-3-ga-charter-sch
Bowles ambivalent about running for state Senate seat

...Tommie Williams, R-Lyons, who had said he might run, has decided against it. EASY COME, EASY GO: The Georgia Supreme Court mandated that local governments employ conflict defenders for misdemeanor courts beginning May 6. The mandate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-05-25/bowles-ambivale
Legal woes piling up for Georgia Democratic Party chairman

...failing to distribute nearly $1 million from a trust he created for a friend and his son. Earlier this week, the Georgia Supreme Court accepted Berlon's petition for voluntary discipline for violating legal ethics rules in a child support case...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-24/legal-woes-piling-georgia-dem
Augusta is a city of inconsistency

...putting vehicles on the agenda." IT'S ABOUT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE: Augusta lawyer Jack Long has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to hear his appeal of Secretary of State Brian Kemp's decision that allowed former Rich mond County Juve nile...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-03-23/augusta-city-in
Georgia high court to hear appeal of murder sentence

The Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments today in an appeal by an Augusta man convicted of capital murder in November 2000.Marcus Rolando Moore's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-12/georgia-high-court-hea
Confessed Augusta murderer seeks lighter sentence

ATLANTA - A man who was 17 when he killed two people in Augusta 13 years ago is asking the Georgia Supreme Court for a lighter sentence because the nation's top court outlawed the death penalty.Marcus Rolando Moore changed his plea to guilty...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-16/confessed-augusta-murd
Georgia Supreme Court affirms woman's murder conviction

...An Augusta woman's murder conviction for the fatal overdose of her 3-year-old son has been affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court.In an opinion released Monday, the court found that Alana Johnson was fairly tried and convicted in Richmond...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-29/georgia-supreme-court-