Jason Sheffield’s article Winning Despite DNA: The Truth You Must Reveal was published in the April 202 issue of The Champion, by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The report from the crime lab arrives. After visual and alternate light source testing, the 14-year-old victim’s underwear “reveals stains characteristic of semen.” Chemical and serological…
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Rubin and Sheffield speak with Atlanta media about representing murder suspect, Travis McMichael
Firm Mentioned in Forbes Magazine for Support of YMCA Welcoming Week
The YMCA wrapped up its kaleidoscope of Welcoming Week activities in September, marking another successful year of strengthening the bonds between immigrants and U.S. citizens around the country. Welcoming Week, which is held each September by Welcoming America, once again made a corresponding splash on social media. According to their website, in 2018, the week yielded…
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Defense claims Canadian vendor illegally altered Columbus grand jury pool in murder case
Attorneys for a woman and her alleged ex-lover accused of killing her estranged husband in 2004 are claiming the suspects’ indictment was illegal and should be quashed. The lawyers representing Rebecca McInnis Haynie and Donald Keith Phillips, each charged with murder in the fatal March 4, 2004, shooting of Columbus auto shop owner Kirby Smith,…
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Peters And Hodges Have “Cruelty To Children” Charges Dismissed Following Defense Investigation And Review By Forensic Pathologist
Defendant hired Mr. Peters and Mr. Hodges when Defendant and her fiancé were arrested for spanking and causing injury to Defendant’s 8-year-old son. Photographs showed extensive “bruising” on the child’s buttocks. A medical examination concluded the bruising was consistent with a vicious beating. Defendant and her fiancé gave statements to the GBI, and each admitted…
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Doug Peters Asked to Moderate and Provide Analysis at First Georgia Public Defender Council Seminar on Defending a Child Sex Abuse Case
The Georgia Public Defender Council held their first seminar specifically designated to the defense of child sexual abuse cases at the State Bar of Georgia Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2018. Doug Peters accepted the council’s invitation to help organize the council’s first seminar ever dedicated to these cases. Mr. Peters served as…
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Super Lawyers Grants “15 Year Milestone Recognition” to Doug Peters
Doug Peters has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Georgia for 2019. Having received this recognition from Super Lawyers every year since 2004, Doug has received the prestigious “15 Year Milestone Recognition.” Regarding the award Doug said “I am very honored to receive this level of recognition from Super Lawyers which reflects not only…
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Rubin Reverses Professional Standards Commission
The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) voted to suspend a teacher for 20 days, accusing him of roughly handling a non-verbal, autistic student while putting the student on the school bus. The PSC’s charges were based on the testimony of the bus driver and bus monitor who claimed to have witnessed the teacher’s behavior. The teacher…
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Rubin named Georgia Super Lawyer for 10th year in a row
For the 10th year in a row, Bob Rubin was named a Georgia Super Lawyer for his outstanding achievement as a criminal defense lawyer. Super Lawyer is a rating service for consumers and others in the legal profession. Mr. Rubin’s 10 year run on the Super Lawyer list is indicative of his recognition among his…
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Peters and Sheffield File Pre-trial Request To Raise “Mistake Of Age” Defense And Constitutional Challenge In Statutory Rape Case
In a rare and unprecedented pre-trial motion, Doug Peters and Jason Sheffield raised a constitutional challenge to charges of Statutory Rape and Child Molestation being pursued without the client being allowed to inform the jury that he believed the alleged victim was of age. The client, a 21-year-old college student, met a 14-year-old girl online…
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