STATE v. ASHLEY

S15G1207.

788 S.E.2d 796 (2016)

The STATE v. ASHLEY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: July 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Kathleen Richardson , A.D.A., Brian Keith Fortner , District Attorney, Douglas County District Attorney's Office, 8700 Hospital Drive, 2nd Floor, Douglasville, Georgia 30134, for Appellant.

D. Victor Reynolds , District Attorney, Michael Scott Carlson , Deputy Chief A.D.A., John Richard Edwards , A.D.A., John Stuart Melvin , A.D.A., Cobb County District Attorney's Office, 70 Haynes Street, Marietta, Georgia 30090-9638, Donald Paul Geary , A.D.A., Cobb County District Attorney's Office, 700 DeKalb Couty Courthouse, 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Amicus Appellant.

Cynthia Wright Harrison , Harrison Law Firm, LLC, 50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 1210, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


In 2012, Thad Lee Ashley was convicted of kidnapping a seven-year-old girl, attempting to kidnap her three-year-old sister, and criminal trespass at the trailer park where his father lived. At trial, the jury heard evidence of these crimes as well as evidence of three earlier incidents at the trailer park's pool when Ashley had...

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