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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Some Convictions of Four Georgia Prison Guards for Drug Smuggling; Reverses Others for Retrial
Loaded on July 1, 2021
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2021, page 30
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct.
Location:
Georgia.
by Matt Clarke
On March 17, 20201, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the convictions of two former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guards for attempted distribution of methamphetamine while reversing for new trial the attempted distribution convictions of two other DOC guards and ...
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