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Court: Pre-trial motion in death penalty case premature

March 19, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a Peach County court’s denial of a pre-trial motion filed by a woman facing the death penalty. The woman — Lillian Walker of Montezuma — argued she should be acquitted because her right to a speedy trial has been violated. But, Justice David Nahmias wrote that under state law, the woman filed her motion prematurely. Walker, 54 at the time of her arrest, was arrested on June 12, 2009,

Court: Perdue should not have removed school board members

March 19, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA – Former Gov. Sonny Perdue did not have the authority to remove from office three members of the Warren County Board of Education, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled. The court unanimously reversed a Fulton County court decision and ruled that state law grants the governor authority to remove members of any “board, commission, or authority” created by statute who have violated the state’s code of ethics law. However, “county school boards are creations of the

Sportswriter Bisher dies

March 19, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — Legendary sportswriter Furman Bisher, who covered the likes of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb, has died, ajc.com reported. He was 93. In September, Bisher was inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class. For more information, visit: http://www.ajc.com/sports/sportswriter-furman-bisher-dies-1390135.html

‘Black market tobacco sales create unfair competition’

March 16, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives last week passed a measure aimed at decreasing the sales of so-called “black market” cigarettes and cigars in Georgia. HB 1071, sponsored by state Rep. Penny Houston, R-Nashville, eliminates the lifetime license for retail sales of tobacco. Instead, the measure would, if signed into law, create a one-year license for tobacco merchants. The measure, which is now in the state Senate, would set penalties for tobacco illegally brought

Statement of Jennifer Little, co-counsel for Andrea Sneiderman

March 15, 2012 Express Telegraph

Statement of Jennifer Little, co-counsel for Andrea Sneiderman: ATLANTA, GA (March 15, 2012) – Andrea is grateful for and relieved by the jury’s guilty verdict and the sentence. Nothing can bring back her husband, but it is reassuring to her that, after all of the noise and distractions surrounding this case, some measure of justice has been done for Rusty. Rusty’s family misses and mourns him every single day. But today, at least, the family

Jury finds Neuman guilty

March 15, 2012 Express Telegraph

A DeKalb County jury has found Hemy Neuman guilty beyond a reasonable doubt but mentally ill in the 2010 shooting death of a man outside a Dunwoody day care, WSB-TV reported.

Jury to decide Neuman’s fate

March 14, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The fate of Hemy Neuman rests with a DeKalb County jury, according to news reports. Neuman is charged with murder in the Nov. 18, 2010, shooting death of 36-year-old Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman. Investigators say Sneiderman was shot and killed after dropping off his then 2-year-old son at a Dunwoody daycare. According to police, Sneiderman was getting into his car to leave the daycare when an armed man approached him and opened fire. The

Closing arguments set in Dunwoody daycare shooting

March 13, 2012 Express Telegraph

Closing arguments in the trial of a man charged with the November 2010 shooting death of a father outside a Dunwoody daycare are set to start Tuesday, according to news reports. Hemy Neuman is charged with murder in the Nov. 18, 2010, shooting death of 36-year-old Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman. Investigators say Sneiderman was shot and killed after dropping off his then 2-year-old son at Dunwoody Prep on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. According to police, Sneiderman was getting

Officials urge safety this St. Patrick’s Day

March 10, 2012 Express Telegraph

DUNWOODY, Ga. — State officials are urging motorists to stay safe when celebrating this St. Patrick’s Day. “St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most widely celebrated saint’s days in the world, but all too often, it shares that distinction with a far less impressive one. Too many people are driving drunk and killing themselves or others on the road as a result,” Harris Blackwood, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, said in

Southern Museum to Unveil Rare Civil War Regimental Flag

March 9, 2012 The Travel Trolley

A rare 65th Georgia Infantry Flag recently returned home to the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History following a thorough conservation process in West Virginia.