In August 2018, attorney, Foss Hodges, obtained a reversal for his client, Jessie Mercer, in Georgia’s highest court. Jessie Mercer was convicted in 2004 of kidnapping and other offenses in connection with a home invasion and robbery. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. His co-defendant, Rasaul Rayshad, was convicted of the same offenses…
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Peters, Rubin, and Sheffield Begin Pretrial Hearings on the Kirby Smith Cold Murder Case
Jason B. Sheffield, Foss Hodges, and Erin King continued in pretrial hearings in Muscogee Superior Court in front of Judge Bemon McBride, this time asking the Court to dismiss the indictment due to violations of their client’s Constitutional right to a Speedy Trial. The Court heard witness testimony offered by Mr. Hodges, specifically from Forensic…
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7-Year-Long Legal Battle Ends in Acquittal
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A Dougherty County jury made its decision in a 2006 murder retrial on Friday. Charles Gaillard was found not guilty of murder and felony murder. The jury was hung on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Gaillard negotiated a plea for voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges. The judge agreed to a plea…
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Doug Peters’ “Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia” Seminar Sets 2018 Attendance Record
At his recent seminar in Atlanta, over 200 Georgia lawyers received an updated copy of Doug Peters’ 2018 book, “The Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia”. Peters’ seminar, co-hosted by the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, was held at Georgia State University College of Law. The first of its kind, the seminar…
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Doug Peters named the “2018 Georgia Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense by The Best Lawyers in America
Doug Peters was named the “2018 Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense by The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 124 specialties who have been chosen through an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation’s top lawyers…
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Jason Sheffield Featured in Attorneys At Law Magazine
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Peters, Rubin & Sheffield Are Training Lawyers In Republic Of Georgia
Bob Rubin, Doug Peters, and Jason Sheffield are part of a seven-lawyer team invited by the United State’s State Department and its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to train criminal defense lawyers in the Republic of Georgia, a former satellite of the Soviet Union. Formerly, criminal defense lawyers were relegated to…
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A Person Deemed Dangerous By Sex Offender Board Has Right To A Hearing
The constitutional right to due process requires the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to give people it designates as a “sexually dangerous predator” the right to a hearing, according to the Georgia Supreme Court. In the case of Gregory v. Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, Bob Rubin and Scott Key argued that the board and…
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Dunwoody Daycare Murder Conviction Reversed
Hemy Neuman was accused of shooting and killing another man in a highly-publicized case dubbed the “Dunwoody Daycare Shooting.” Doug Peters and Bob Rubin were hired by Mr. Neuman to defend him against the charge of murder. In order to understand how a person of Mr. Neuman’s intellect, exemplary job history, and familial bonds with…
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Robert Rubin Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers
Robert G. Rubin has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. The induction ceremony at which Mr. Rubin became a Fellow took place recently before an audience of approximately 900 persons during the recent 2015 Annual Meeting of the College in Chicago, Illinois….
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