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  • 4 days ago | argus-press.com | Kate Brumback

    ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated assault and won't serve any additional time behind bars. After Robert “Chip” Olsen, 63, entered his plea, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson sentenced him to 15 years with 12 years commuted to time served, with the balance to be served on probation, prosecutors said in a press release.

  • 4 days ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Kate Brumback

    ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated assault and won't serve any additional time behind bars. After Robert “Chip” Olsen, 63, entered his plea, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson sentenced him to 15 years with 12 years commuted to time served, with the balance to be served on probation, prosecutors said in a press release.

  • 4 days ago | argus-press.com | Kate Brumback

    ATLANTA (AP) — In the prosecution of a Georgia woman who caused a fatal car crash while suffering a psychotic break, the state cannot use evidence that she had stopped taking some of her psychiatric medications to counter her insanity defense, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. Michelle Wierson was driving her Volkswagen Tiguan at high speed through the streets of DeKalb County, in Atlanta's suburbs, when she hit a Toyota Corolla stopped at a traffic light.

  • 4 days ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Kate Brumback

    ATLANTA (AP) — In the prosecution of a Georgia woman who caused a fatal car crash while suffering a psychotic break, the state cannot use evidence that she had stopped taking some of her psychiatric medications to counter her insanity defense, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. Michelle Wierson was driving her Volkswagen Tiguan at high speed through the streets of DeKalb County, in Atlanta's suburbs, when she hit a Toyota Corolla stopped at a traffic light.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Kate Brumback

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Kate Brumback
Kate Brumback @katebrumback
8 Jan 24

ICYMI A long-running lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Georgia's election system is set to go to trial tomorrow: https://t.co/87bdxCUo3M

Kate Brumback
Kate Brumback @katebrumback
18 Dec 23

The 11th Circuit did not waste any time after hearing oral arguments Friday. The three-judge panel ruled that Mark Meadows cannot move the charges against him in the Georgia election case to federal court. https://t.co/vxOyBVKWiJ

Kate Brumback
Kate Brumback @katebrumback
15 Dec 23

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit seemed skeptical of Mark Meadows' attorney's arguments that the charges against him in the Georgia election case should be moved to federal court. https://t.co/Zwx81TwfTd