Criminal Defense

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Our Firm Helps Client Get False Child Porn Charges Dropped

April 20, 2022

This week, our firm got all of our client’s child pornography charges dismissed after we proved to prosecutors that the images in question did not depict any minors. The images on his electronic devices were actually screenshots of an adult pornography video from a popular website. Even though the video was on a public website […]

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Our Firm Gets Injunction to Stop District Attorney From Prosecuting People for Delta 8

April 15, 2022

We were able to convince a judge to issue an injunction preventing the DA from prosecuting people who are selling Delta 8 and Delta 10 products, and also stop her from seizing their property and conducting raids

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How to Apply for the New Pretrial Diversion Program in Federal Court

April 15, 2022

Accountability courts and pretrial diversion allow some people that have been charged with a federal criminal avoid prison and a criminal record. Federal district courts across the country are now experimenting with these projects, including the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. On April 11, the federal court in Atlanta announced the formation of a […]

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New “Dark Net” Arrests and Prosecutions in Federal Court

April 12, 2022

The Department Justice recently announced the arrests of 150 people in the United States and Europe as part of the department’s Operation Dark HunTor. The operation—which targeted opioid trafficking on the restricted-access overlay network known as the “darknet” or “dark web”— was a joint endeavor by the DOJ’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (“J-CODE”) […]

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What Happens When the Government Seizes Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrency?

April 12, 2022

In February of this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of more than 94,000 bitcoin from an account belonging to a New York couple who was arrested the same day the seizure was announced. The complaint and affidavit authorizing their arrest allege the government’s belief that the bitcoin was part of a […]

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