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Press Release Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Cherokee County, Ga. November 7, 2017. Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a single vehicle accident Tuesday…
SUMMARIES OF OPINIONS
Published Thursday, November 2, 2017
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THE STATE V. COHEN ET AL. (S17A1265)
The Supreme Court of Georgia has reinstated three of four criminal charges against the former housekeeper of Waffle House Chairman Joe Rogers, Jr. regarding secret video recordings of sexual liaisons between the woman and her boss.
The Fulton County Superior Court had thrown out all the charges against Mye Brindle and her attorneys, David Cohen and John Butters, for their roles in allegedly conspiring to video record – and actually recording – Rogers and Brindle engaging in sex acts without Rogers’ knowledge. But in today’s unanimous opinion, written by Presiding Justice Harold Melton, the high court has reversed that ruling in part and reinstated the charges of conspiracy to commit unlawful surveillance and conducting unlawful