Police are investigating two additional cases involving a former Wilton preschool teacher’s aide who was recently arrested on child pornography charges, police said. Eric Von Kohorn, 33, of 400 Atlantic St., Apt. B2, Bridgeport, was charged on Aug. 20 with possession of child pornography in the first degree and promoting a minor in an obscene…
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Sheffield Defends Connecticut Educator Charged with Child Pornography
Source: “Von Kohorn’s Lawyer: Polygraph Shows No Wilton Children Harmed,” by Heather Bornden Herve, August 26, 2014, goodmorningwilton.com, Wilton, Connecticut. On Monday evening, Aug. 25, Wilton Public Schools administrators and Bd. of Education members held a meeting for parents in an effort to answer questions and address concerns following last week’s arrest of Wilton Preschool…
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Sheffield and Peters Obtain Dismissal in Child Molestation Case
Following Defense Counsel’s intensive review of the facts of the case, which centered on prior false allegations amidst a divorce and custody battle over the child, and working with child abuse experts, Defense Counsel convinced the District Attorney’s Office that the child’s behavior was not consistent with being abused and that the child had been…
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Sheffield and Peters Obtain Dismissal in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case
Following Defense Counsel’s intensive review of the facts of the case and their work with medical experts in pediatric neuroradiology and acute life threatening events (ALTEs), defense counsel was able to demonstrate that the bleeds in baby’s head were there as a result of her stopping breathing and going without oxygen for an extended period…
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Sheffield Awarded GACDL’s President’s Award for Service
Marcia Shein, the outgoing President of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL), awarded the President’s Award to Jason B. Sheffield at GACDL’s 2014 Winter Seminar in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Shein congratulated Sheffield on his continued service of three years as Treasurer and how it has lead to the fiscal strength of the 1600-member…
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Rubin and Sheffield get murder charges dismissed in Shaken Baby case
In the “Shaken Baby Syndrome” trial of State of Georgia v. Jamal Rashaad Thomas, the state dismissed all murder charges before the jury could decide the case. Defense counsel for Mr. Thomas, Robert G. Rubin and Jason B. Sheffield, had just put up their first expert, a pediatric neuropathologist from Oxford, England who specialized in…
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Sheffield invited to teach at Emory Law’s Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques
Joining other local and nationally known lawyers, Jason is set to teach trial techniques to second-year law students at Emory University Law School’s Kessler-Eidson Program. The program consists of several lectures and culminates into a week long intensive seminar where students focus on jury selection, direct and cross-examination, rules of evidence and technology in the…
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Sheffield will teach course on expert testimony at Emory Law School
Beginning January, 2012, Jason Sheffield will teach a course at Emory Law School on developing and offering expert testimony in Georgia courtrooms. The course will focus on several types of experts who are commonly seen in certain case types, including murder cases, sexual assault cases, DUI cases, and cases involving psychological issues. The course is…
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