Ralph M. Hinman III's Legal Cases (3)

Appeals

Perkins v. State, 279 Ga. 506, 614 S.E.2d 92

Jun 06, 2005

OUTCOME: Court of Appeals reversed, in favor of the State.

This appeal was the culmination of four trips to either the Georgia Court of Appeals or the Georgia Supreme Court. Ultimately, new law was made in Georgia that holds a criminal defendant accountable fo ... r knowing the law about "subject matter" jurisdiction. Where Defendant settled his reckless driving case in the Probate Court of Whitfield County, the State was nevertheless allowed to charge him LATER with reckless driving AGAIN and vehicular homicide. My Plea in Bar, which should have been effective to end this case, was rejected by the Georgia Supreme Court.

DUI and DWI

Dean v. State, 214 Ga.App. 768, 449 S.E.2d 158

Oct 05, 1994

OUTCOME: Conviction reversed.

My client, charged with DUI, waived a jury trial and was proceeding to trial in Probate Court of Whitfield County. Over my objection, the trial judge bound over the case to superior court. Because the ... trial had already started at the Probate Court, I then filed a double jeopardy motion in Superior Court, which was denied. I appealed further. The Court of Appeals agreed with me. My client walked away a FREE MAN. Conviction reversed.

Criminal defense

Dempsey v. State, 197 Ga.App. 674, 399 S.E.2d 239

Nov 06, 1990

OUTCOME: Conviction reversed.

Defendant (Dempsey) was convicted in the Superior Court, Whitfield County, Boyett, J., of aggravated child molestation. Defendant appealed. The Court of Appeals, Carley, C.J., held that defendant's sex ... ual acts against his daughter months prior to and after charged act were not part of single or “continuous transaction” within meaning of rule dispensing with notice requirement for acts that are part of continuous transaction.

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